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Which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity

Complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree

Complying or willing to comply with an order or request

Marked by charm, confidence and elegance

Attractive or appealing in a fresh, innocent way

Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic

(of a person) Good-natured or kind

Flattery intended to coax or cajole

Present participle for to bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please him or her

Present participle for to pay special attention to (someone) in an attempt to win their support or favor

Present participle for to persuade someone by using flattery

Present participle for to cajole or manipulate someone into doing something

Present participle for to place or put between or among others

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Adjective

Which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity

apple-polishing

forelock-tugging

excessively deferential

bowing and scraping

all over someone

under the thumb

under one's thumb

at beck and call

in one's clutches

in one's pocket

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“Barney turned toward me with an ingratiating grin.”

Adjective

Complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree

over-appreciative

highly favourable

overly flattering

apple-polishing

forelock-tugging

over-enthusiastic

laid on with a trowel

overenthusiastic

all over someone

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Adjective

Complying or willing to comply with an order or request

well disciplined

in one's clutches

in one's pocket

wrapped around finger

at beck and call

under the thumb

under one's thumb

easily persuaded

easily influenced

go-with-the-flow

eager to please

glad to be of assistance

good-humored^US

good-humoured^UK

like putty in your hands

rolls with punches

putty in one's hands

well-disciplined

willing to compromise

open to instruction

rolling with punches

with the patience of Job

well brought up

well-brought-up

willing to help

easily manipulated

willing to please

favourably disposed

treated like dirt

without a mind of one's own

in fear of one's partner

led by the nose

tied to someone's apron strings

subjected to nagging

under someone's heel

non-restrictive

live-and-let-live

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Adjective

Marked by charm, confidence and elegance

larger than life

with good taste

well-brought-up

socially acceptable

born with a silver spoon in your mouth

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Adjective

Attractive or appealing in a fresh, innocent way

easy on the eye

pulchritudinous

drop-dead gorgeous

as pretty as a picture

sexually attractive

out of this world

easy on the eyes

good-humoured^UK

good-humored^US

picture-perfect

larger than life

thought-provoking

very interesting

drawing attention

physically attractive

aesthetically appealing

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Adjective

Overly sentimental, emotional, maudlin or bathetic

oversentimental

over-sentimental

hearts-and-flowers

romanticized^US

romanticised^UK

cloyingly sweet

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Adjective

(of a person) Good-natured or kind

good-humored^US

good-humoured^UK

well intentioned

easy to get along with

philanthropical

hail-fellow-well-met

easy to get on with

public-spirited

downright neighborly

heart in right place

larger than life

willing to please

favourably disposed

self-sacrificing

favorably disposed

favourably inclined

favorably inclined

on the up and up

well-brought-up

sympathizing^US

sympathising^UK

eager to please

willingly given

generous to a fault

having heart in right place

self-forgetting

loving and giving

self-controlled

self-restrained

well brought up

willing to forgive

willing to help

socially concerned

well-intentioned

well brought-up

attention-seeking

non-confrontational

has heart in right place

expressing adoration

going easy with

with the patience of Job

treating with kid gloves

politically correct

as pure as the driven snow

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Noun

Flattery intended to coax or cajole

currying favour

charm offensive

charm offensives

pats on the back

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Verb

Present participle for to bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please him or her

“But the carefully staged set-piece interview in the Times in which he came out had the feel of an ageing crooner desperate to ingratiate himself with the younger generation by bringing out a rap record.”

Verb

Present participle for to pay special attention to (someone) in an attempt to win their support or favor

Verb

Present participle for to persuade someone by using flattery

Verb

Present participle for to cajole or manipulate someone into doing something

Verb

Present participle for to place or put between or among others

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