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ingratiate
ingratiatebring oneself into favor: She ingratiated herself with the children by bringing gingerbread cookies.
Not to be confused with:ingrate – an ungrateful personin·gra·ti·ate I0139900 (ĭn-grā′shē-āt′)tr.v. in·gra·ti·at·ed, in·gra·ti·at·ing, in·gra·ti·ates To bring (oneself, for example) into the favor or good graces of another, especially by deliberate effort: She quickly sought to ingratiate herself with the new administration.
[Perhaps from Italian ingraziare, from in grazia, into favor, from Latin in grātiam : in, in; see in-2 + grātiam, accusative of grātia, favor (from grātus, pleasing; see gwerə- in Indo-European roots).]
in·gra′ti·a′tion n.in·gra′ti·a·to′ry (-shē-ə-tôr′ē) adj.ingratiate (ɪnˈɡreɪʃɪˌeɪt) vb (often foll by: with) to place (oneself) purposely in the favour (of another)[C17: from Latin, from in-2 + grātia grace, favour] inˈgratiˌating, inˈgratiatory adj inˈgratiˌatingly adv inˌgratiˈation nin•gra•ti•ate (ɪnˈgreɪ ʃiˌeɪt)
v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others, esp. by deliberate effort: to ingratiate oneself with the boss. [1615–25] in•gra′ti•at`ing•ly, adv. in•gra`ti•a′tion, n. in•gra′ti•a•to`ry (-əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj. ingratiate
Past participle: ingratiated
Gerund: ingratiating
| Imperative |
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| ingratiate | | ingratiate |
| Present |
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| I ingratiate | | you ingratiate | | he/she/it ingratiates | | we ingratiate | | you ingratiate | | they ingratiate |
| Preterite |
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| I ingratiated | | you ingratiated | | he/she/it ingratiated | | we ingratiated | | you ingratiated | | they ingratiated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am ingratiating | | you are ingratiating | | he/she/it is ingratiating | | we are ingratiating | | you are ingratiating | | they are ingratiating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have ingratiated | | you have ingratiated | | he/she/it has ingratiated | | we have ingratiated | | you have ingratiated | | they have ingratiated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was ingratiating | | you were ingratiating | | he/she/it was ingratiating | | we were ingratiating | | you were ingratiating | | they were ingratiating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had ingratiated | | you had ingratiated | | he/she/it had ingratiated | | we had ingratiated | | you had ingratiated | | they had ingratiated |
| Future |
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| I will ingratiate | | you will ingratiate | | he/she/it will ingratiate | | we will ingratiate | | you will ingratiate | | they will ingratiate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have ingratiated | | you will have ingratiated | | he/she/it will have ingratiated | | we will have ingratiated | | you will have ingratiated | | they will have ingratiated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be ingratiating | | you will be ingratiating | | he/she/it will be ingratiating | | we will be ingratiating | | you will be ingratiating | | they will be ingratiating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been ingratiating | | you have been ingratiating | | he/she/it has been ingratiating | | we have been ingratiating | | you have been ingratiating | | they have been ingratiating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been ingratiating | | you will have been ingratiating | | he/she/it will have been ingratiating | | we will have been ingratiating | | you will have been ingratiating | | they will have been ingratiating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been ingratiating | | you had been ingratiating | | he/she/it had been ingratiating | | we had been ingratiating | | you had been ingratiating | | they had been ingratiating |
| Conditional |
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| I would ingratiate | | you would ingratiate | | he/she/it would ingratiate | | we would ingratiate | | you would ingratiate | | they would ingratiate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have ingratiated | | you would have ingratiated | | he/she/it would have ingratiated | | we would have ingratiated | | you would have ingratiated | | they would have ingratiated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | ingratiate - gain favor with somebody by deliberate effortskeep in line, control, manipulate - control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"cotton up, cozy up, shine up, sidle up, suck up, play up - ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman" |
ingratiate verbingratiate yourself with someone get on the right side of, court, win over, flatter, pander to, crawl to, play up to, get in with, suck up to (informal), curry favour with, grovel to, keep someone sweet, kiss someone's ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), lick someone's boots, fawn to, toady to, lick someone's arse (taboo slang), seek someone's favour, brown-nose to (taboo slang), rub someone up the right way (informal), be a yes man to, insinuate yourself with Many politicians are trying to ingratiate themselves with her.Translationseinschmeichelningraziarsisuadenteinnyndesmiskeingratiate
ingratiate (oneself) into (something)To make an effort to receive someone's favor. I have no desire to ingratiate myself into a group of rich buffoons, no matter how many swanky doors they can open for me.See also: ingratiateingratiate (oneself) with (someone)To make an effort to receive someone's favor. I have no desire to ingratiate myself with these rich buffoons, no matter how many swanky doors they can open for me.See also: ingratiateingratiate oneself into somethingto work hard to bring oneself into the favor of someone. Oh, how he fawns over the guests! Isn't it terrible the way he tries to ingratiate himself into their favor? You will never succeed in ingratiating yourself into my good graces.See also: ingratiateingratiate oneself with someoneto work oneself into someone's favor. Why do you have to ingratiate yourself with everyone? Don't you know how to be just plain friends? She was very obvious in her effort to ingratiate herself with the boss.See also: ingratiateingratiate
Synonyms for ingratiatephrase ingratiate yourself with someoneSynonyms- get on the right side of
- court
- win over
- flatter
- pander to
- crawl to
- play up to
- get in with
- suck up to
- curry favour with
- grovel to
- keep someone sweet
- kiss someone's ass
- lick someone's boots
- fawn to
- toady to
- lick someone's arse
- seek someone's favour
- brown-nose to
- rub someone up the right way
- be a yes man to
- insinuate yourself with
Words related to ingratiateverb gain favor with somebody by deliberate effortsRelated Words- keep in line
- control
- manipulate
- cotton up
- cozy up
- shine up
- sidle up
- suck up
- play up
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