Definitions for endearing

endearing en·dear·ing

Spelling: [en-deer-ing]
IPA: /ɛnˈdɪər ɪŋ/

Endearing is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 392 anagrams from letters in endearing (adeeginnr).

Definitions for endearing

adjective

  1. tending to make dear or beloved.
  2. manifesting or evoking affection:

verb (used with object)

  1. to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
  2. Obsolete. to make costly.

Origin of endearing

First recorded in 1615-25; endear + -ing2

Examples for endearing

His reputation at NBC was less than endearing, according to a former colleague from that network.

Of course, it did take the candidate five takes to get that endearing take.

To be familiar and endearing with them all—and so make me mad with envying them.

Lydia caught at the endearing word, and something like a spasm moved her face.

This thinking can seem innocent and endearing in children; if you will it, it will be.

This is the most endearing word that one human being can use to another.

The endearing term came for the first time from the man's lips.

Nor is it, as has been too often supposed, a cheerless life of toil and fatigue, but has many substantial and endearing charms.

That is fascinating, scary, sad, endearing—all of the above.

When a candidates flaws are seen as an endearing part of who they are, scandal can make them more attractive, Gergen argued.

Word Value for endearing
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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