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Endearing

//ɪnˈdɪəɹɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Inspiring affection or love, often in a childlike way.

    "[…] I dare not call him father, nor he, without shame, own me as his issue, I being illegitimate, and therefore deprived of that endearing tenderness and unparalleled satisfaction which a good man finds in the love and conversation of a parent."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lovable especially in a childlike or naive way wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of endearment.

    "It was arms around, and perpetual endearings, and all that I had missed for a weary twelve-month."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of endear. form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From endear + -ing.

Etymology 2

From endear + -ing.

Etymology 3

From endear + -ing.

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