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GCheng620 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Ingratiating

Can I use that word to describe a PERSON?
As the results on Google turns out, the words can be used to describe a person, but with some sort of a romantic sub context(e.g. Ingratiating boys that try to cater to every need of the girls in class)

But I hope there's more I can learn!:)

Thanks in advance.
  

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There need not be a romantic context. And as far as using the word to describe a person, I don't see any other way to use it, considering its meaning: trying to gain favor or approval for (yourself) by doing or saying things that people like It seems to me that it would be impossible to say "ingratiating car", "ingratiating house", or "ingratiating hammer". CJ

— CalifJim

  • There need not be a romantic context.
  • And as far as using the word to describe a person, I don't see any other way to use it, considering its meaning: trying to gain favor or approval for (yourself) by doing or saying things that people like It seems to me that it would be impossible to say "ingratiating car", "ingratiating house", or "ingratiating hammer".
  • CJ
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There need not be a romantic context. And as far as using the word to describe a person, I don't see any other way to use it, considering its meaning:

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

It seems to me that it would be impossible to say "ingratiating car", "ingratiating house", or "ingratiating hammer".
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