Despite her hard exterior, she had a certain vulnerability that made her quite endearing.
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Endearing
//ɪnˈdɪəɹɪŋ//
Synonyms for "endearing" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (2)
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4 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 14 languages.
Czech
3 entries- milý adj (inspiring affection or love)
- rozkošný adj (inspiring affection or love)
- roztomilý adj (inspiring affection or love)
Dutch
1 entries- vertederend adj (inspiring affection or love)
Finnish
2 entries- hellyttävä adj (inspiring affection or love)
- rakastettava adj (inspiring affection or love)
French
1 entries- attendrissant adj (inspiring affection or love)
Galician
4 entries- curriño adj (inspiring affection or love)
- curro adj (inspiring affection or love)
- riquiño adj (inspiring affection or love)
- tenro adj (inspiring affection or love)
German
1 entries- niedlich adj (inspiring affection or love)
Hungarian
4 entries- aranyos adj (inspiring affection or love)
- becéző adj (inspiring affection or love)
- bájos adj (inspiring affection or love)
- csinos adj (inspiring affection or love)
Irish
2 entries- muirneach adj (inspiring affection or love)
- taitneamhach adj (inspiring affection or love)
Italian
4 entries- carino adj (inspiring affection or love)
- caro adj (inspiring affection or love)
- gentile adj (inspiring affection or love)
- tenero adj (inspiring affection or love)
Māori
1 entries- mateoha adj (inspiring affection or love)
Romanian
4 entries- duioasă adj (inspiring affection or love)
- duios adj (inspiring affection or love)
- înduioșătoare adj (inspiring affection or love)
- înduioșător adj (inspiring affection or love)
Spanish
4 entries- atractivo adj (inspiring affection or love)
- atrayente adj (inspiring affection or love)
- encantador adj (inspiring affection or love)
- enternecedor adj (inspiring affection or love)
Swedish
1 entries- älskvärd adj (inspiring affection or love)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пестли́вий adj (inspiring affection or love)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
His lack of self-awareness was sublime. That could be either endearing or maddening.
Source: tatoeba (4990293)
It's slightly endearing how this band can't sing in tune.
Source: tatoeba (6586549)
People who are endearing to you and the endorsement of your hopes and dreams are the keys to happiness.
Source: tatoeba (6899728)
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