Ingratiating vs Pleasing - What's the difference?
ingratiating | pleasing | Synonyms |
Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another. The implication is often of flattery or insincerity.
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
* (Isaac Barrow)
Ingratiating is a synonym of pleasing.
As adjectives the difference between ingratiating and pleasing
is that ingratiating is which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another the implication is often of flattery or insincerity while pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.As verbs the difference between ingratiating and pleasing
is that ingratiating is while pleasing is .As a noun pleasing is
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing".ingratiating
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That was an ingratiating smile.
Verb
(head)pleasing
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Synonyms
*Noun
- What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross