Synonyms of ingratiates

ingratiates

verb

present tense third-person singular of ingratiate

as in appeases

often disapproving to gain favor or approval for (yourself) by doing or saying things that people like

She has tried to ingratiate herself with voters by promising a tax cut.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeases
• comforts
• consoles
• placates
• mollifies
• satisfies
• contents
• tranquilizes
• conciliates
• propitiates
• disarms
• pacifies
• endears (to)
• soothes
• tranquillizes
• pleases
• gratifies
• calms
• assuages
• delights
• hushes
• gladdens
• gentles
• flatters
• quiets
• indulges
• satiates
• overpraises
• cajoles
• caters (to)
• coaxes
• wheedles
• adulates
• humors
• quenches
• sweet-talks
• blarneys
• coddles
• mollycoddles
• pampers
• soft-soaps
• sates
• kowtows
• blandishes
• sweetens
• babies
• spoils
• toadies
• truckles
• dulcifies
• sucks (up)
• bootlicks
• apple-polishes
• fusses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• antagonizes
• irritates
• annoys
• gets
• aggravates
• crosses
• bothers
• riles
• burns (up)
• exasperates
• vexes
• provokes
• rankles
• irks
• chafes
• rouses
• piques
• puts out
• roils
• ruffles
• grates
• bugs
• galls
• persecutes
• harasses
• nettles
• disturbs
• unsettles
• harries
• pesters
• perturbs
• upsets
• agitates
• worries
• offends
• unhinges
• distresses
• insults
• frets
• affronts
• infuriates
• angers
• peeves
• enrages
• inflames
• slights
• outrages
• maddens
• ires
• incenses
• discomforts
• enflames