ingratiation

Synonyms for ingratiation

noun flattery

Word Origin & History

1620s, possibly via 16c. Italian ingraziarsi "to bring (oneself) into favor," from Latin in gratiam "for the favor of," from in "in" (see in- (2)) + gratia "favor, grace" (see grace).

Example Sentences for ingratiation

He could not resist her beauty, her warmth, her ingratiation.

“Then I shall have to call another time,” said the woman, with a mixture of ingratiation and despair.

A hansom cab offers peculiar facilities for the aforesaid process of ingratiation.

He had prepared himself to be ingratiating; but he realized that ingratiation was not a successful line to pursue with dragons.

The qualities of ingratiation and friendliness departed from M. Garfunkel's smile, leaving it wholly apologetic.

It was as if she were amused, not absent-minded nor yet a prey to the feminine immorality of ingratiation.

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