endear (to)

verb

Definition of endear (to)next
as in to ingratiate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endear (to)
  1. ingratiate
  2. placate
  3. content
  4. appease
  5. propitiate
  6. comfort
  7. console
  8. disarm
Verb
  • Francis spent decades ingratiating himself with a rotating cast of officers from the Navy’s 7th Fleet in the Western Pacific.
    Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Written and directed by Durga Chew-Bose, the film features a mesmerizing performance from Chloë Sevigny as the enigmatic old friend of the teenage heroine’s father who ingratiates herself into their idyllic summer in the south of France.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of ingratiate
Verb
  • Instead of confronting any aspect of humanity’s exploitation of natural resources, Oxman creates products that placate people with shiny, technological fixes.
    Kate Wagner, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Carving out the cable portfolio could placate Comcast investors by removing declining assets from the balance sheet.
    Alex Sherman, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of placate
Verb
  • Alas, Storm-chasers will have to content themselves to Berry's four film appearances, in the original X-Men (2000), X2: X-Men United (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014).
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024
  • There was no grand, CGI-heavy battle sequence; combat fans had to content themselves, this season, with the Battle of Rook's Rest.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of content
Verb
  • But no further arrests have been made, and more threats have come in despite authorities stepping up security measures, threatening legal punishments, appeasing airlines and reassuring panicked passengers.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Trump has more recently waffled on his view, trying to strike a balance between appeasing traditional GOP voter bases while also appealing to undecided voters who could determine the November election.
    Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of appease
Verb
  • Since 1979, the United States has sought to contain or propitiate the regime in Tehran.
    Danielle Pletka, National Review, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Both the sirens and Proteus know much, if not all, that has happened upon the face of the earth, but whereas the sirens sing their song unbidden while taking the hearer’s life in return, Proteus under compulsion tells the hearer the proper animal sacrifice to offer to propitiate the gods.
    Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2021
Definition of propitiate
Verb
  • The Department of Justice indicted Trump with obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to knowingly make a false statement, and assisting, aiding or comforting an insurrection.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Ariana Grande is comforting Cynthia Erivo on the Wicked press tour.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of comfort
Verb
  • Whether your crowd is celebrating a victory or consoling each other over a loss, these football desserts will put the finishing touch on a winning tailgate menu.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Harris’ campaign manager and former state director in her Senate office, said the vice president uses her experience consoling victims as a courtroom prosecutor to connect with people after tragedies.
    Chris Megerian and Colleen Long, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of console
Verb
  • The juvenile was safely disarmed, taken off campus without incident, and is receiving mental health assistance, police said.
    Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Humor in a song is a way a lot of times to disarm somebody… to disarm and also attract.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of disarm
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