"endearing" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈdɪəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛn-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈdɪɹɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-endearing.flac [General-American], en-au-endearing.ogg [Australia] Forms: more endearing [comparative], most endearing [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ Etymology: endear + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|endear|ing}} endear + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} endearing (comparative more endearing, superlative most endearing)
  1. Inspiring affection or love, often in a childlike way. Synonyms: cute Derived forms: endearingly, endearingness, unendearing, unendearingly Related terms: endear, endearer, endearment Translations (inspiring affection or love): roztomilý (Czech), milý (Czech), rozkošný (Czech), vertederend (Dutch), rakastettava (Finnish), hellyttävä (Finnish), attendrissant (French), tenro (Galician), curriño (Galician), curro (Galician), riquiño (Galician), niedlich (German), becéző (Hungarian), kedveskedő (Hungarian), aranyos (Hungarian), bájos (Hungarian), helyes (Hungarian), kedves (Hungarian), csinos (Hungarian), megnyerő (Hungarian), nyájas (Hungarian), gyengéd (Hungarian), muirneach (Irish), taitneamhach (Irish), tenero (Italian), gentile (Italian), caro (Italian), carino (Italian), mateoha (Maori), înduioșător (Romanian), duios (Romanian), înduioșătoare (Romanian), duioasă (Romanian), tierno (Spanish), encantador (Spanish), enternecedor (Spanish), atractivo (Spanish), atrayente (Spanish), entrañable (Spanish), simpático (Spanish), älskvärd (Swedish), пестли́вий (pestlývyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-endearing-en-adj-vFdwrPJU

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈdɪəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛn-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈdɪɹɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-endearing.flac [General-American], en-au-endearing.ogg [Australia] Forms: endearings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ Etymology: endear + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|endear|ing}} endear + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} endearing (plural endearings)
  1. Synonym of endearment. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: endearment [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-endearing-en-noun-SgMxOAR1 Disambiguation of Personality: 32 51 17

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈdɪəɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛn-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈdɪɹɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-endearing.flac [General-American], en-au-endearing.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ Etymology: endear + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|endear|ing}} endear + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} endearing
  1. present participle and gerund of endear. Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: endear
    Sense id: en-endearing-en-verb-ED3SJQxt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 6 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 16 11 73

Inflected forms

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          "text": "In legitimate comedy actresses conformed to a Victorian image of coquetry. Most comediennes were termed soubrettes, after their inclination for depicting young women in a variety of situations, in which the soubrettes employed their diverse popular talents to heighten their endearing magnetism.",
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          "ref": "2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road Might Already be the Best Action Movie Ever Made”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2018-02-22",
          "text": "And yet [Nathan] Jones is perfect in Fury Road, a deeply dangerous human weapon who, because of his infantile need for respect from his father, somehow turns out endearing even though we see him ripping an engine from the hood and throwing it at the good guys.",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "roztomilý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "milý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "rozkošný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "vertederend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "rakastettava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "hellyttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "attendrissant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "tenro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "curriño"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "curro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "riquiño"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "niedlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "becéző"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "kedveskedő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "aranyos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "bájos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "helyes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "kedves"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "csinos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "megnyerő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "nyájas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "gyengéd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "muirneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "taitneamhach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "tenero"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "gentile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "caro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "carino"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "mateoha"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "duios"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "înduioșătoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "duioasă"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "tierno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "encantador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "enternecedor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "atractivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "atrayente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "entrañable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "simpático"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "älskvärd"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "pestlývyj",
      "sense": "inspiring affection or love",
      "word": "пестли́вий"
    }
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}

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