ingratiate
to bring oneself into another's favor deliberately
Word origin: From Latin in gratiam, into favor, from gratia, grace.
Ingratiate in a sentence
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He tried to ingratiate himself with the boss by praising every decision.
The new associate tried to ingratiate himself with the partners by volunteering for every tedious assignment.
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Critics complained that the documentary's narration was relentlessly blank, hammering home its single thesis so often that viewers felt lectured rather than informed.
Using “ingratiate” well
Ingratiate, usually reflexive as ingratiate oneself, carries a faintly negative tone of deliberate, calculated flattery, and it contrasts with alienate.
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