Ingratiating
Ingratiating adjective - Likely or intended to win one's affection.
Sweet and ingratiating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sweet" instead an adjective "Ingratiating".
Sweet
Sweet adjective - Granted special treatment or attention.
Ingratiating and sweet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ingratiating" instead an adjective "Sweet".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- good and ingratiating
- good and sweet
- pleasant and ingratiating
- pleasant and sweet
- pleasing and ingratiating
- pleasing and sweet
- gentle and ingratiating
- gentle and sweet
- cloying and ingratiating
- cloying and sweet
- honeyed and ingratiating
- honeyed and sweet
- saccharine and ingratiating
- saccharine and sweet
Both words in one sentence
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Instead, as played by Shelley Duvall she is a sweet, mousy woman who is cowering and ingratiating around Jack to the point of being irritating...that is, the type of wife someone like him would probably end up with.
Source: Film / The Shining
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