Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To make beloved or very sympathetic: a couple whose kindness endeared them to friends.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To make dear in feeling; render valued or beloved; attach; bind by ties of affection.
- To engage by attractive qualities; win by endearment.
- To make dear or costly; raise the price of.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To make dear or beloved.
- v. rare To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive.
WordNet 3.0
- v. make attractive or lovable
Etymologies
- From en- + dear. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“What endeared him to those of us in the center and center left -- and I use the word endear with some trepidation when it comes to McCain -- was an honesty and unpredictability that made him seem like he was capable of rising above the GOP partisan fray when it was important for the sake of the nation.”
“I make chuse of you to inform your Master, who's the capablest person under God to do for them, which will with other infinit titles endear you to your fast friends in Scotland, and especially to your”
“Nothing better illustrated the turbulent state of civil-military relations during this period than the hostility on the part of the uniformed military toward President Bill Clinton, whose antimilitary stance as a young man during the Vietnam War years did not endear him to soldiers.”
The Wall Street Journal: The War on Terror and the Revolt of the Generals
“Such comments are unlikely to endear him to Liverpool's under-fire players, which is a shame as they're crying out for a bit of the mongrel that is the Afghan Hound lookalike's stock-in-trade.”
The Guardian: Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend
“But his quintessential New York story should endear him to the city, enthusiasts insist.”
“And while this sort of depiction makes for, as my agent gently put it, "a great character," it does not exactly endear one to said mother when the book is published.”
The Huffington Post: Eric Poole: She has Every Right to Kill Me
“The conciliatory move is not likely to endear him to Republican primary voters.”
The Washington Post: Afternoon Fix: Mitch Daniels ducks labor fight
“His reaction deeply hurt Jane -- and didn't exactly endear him to his wife.”
The Huffington Post: John Shore: The Smith Family Chronicles 4: 'Hello, I Am Your Son'
“But instead of separating him from the rest of us, these traits endear him to us; they render him not inhuman but more human, perhaps the most human human among us.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Takiff: Bill Clinton, Still the Biggest Dog in Town
“His goofy, second-rate songs and his naive quest for success are what endear him to us.”
The Huffington Post: Joseph Smigelski: Film Review: Punching the Clown
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘endear’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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GCI
spinster, maiden, happy-go-lucky, homonym, ill-at-ease, saw red, out of sorts, hot under the collar, taken aback, pen-names, alias, shoelaces and 378 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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Victorian female english
Use this words and become a young lady from some of Jane Austen's books.
coquettish, acquaintance, agreeable, delightful, entirely, sweetest, particularly, pretty, indeed, dearest, pleasant, marriage and 58 more...
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Collection
Many words, all kinds.
pure, damsel, warrior, knight, helenium, endear, gilravage, paraselene, truelove, favrile, embouchure
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Mine
Words that I love or define me
petrichor, Melancholy, nostalgia, bird, maiden, innocent, knight, endear
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