• (RP) IPA: /ɪnˈdɪəɹɪŋ/, /ɛn-/
• (GA) IPA: /inˈdɪɹiŋ/

endearing

1. Inspiring affection or love#Noun|love, often in a childlike way.

   Synonyms: cute

   Antonyms: unendearing

   • {...}} 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.

   • 1808, John [Andrew] Stevenson; Thomas Moore, “{w”, in A Selection of Irish Melodies. […], (please specify ), London: Printed and sold at J. Power's Music & Instrument Warehouse, […], OCLC 78035330 ↗, stanza I, page 112 ↗:

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• endear
• endearer
• endearment

• French: attendrissant
• German: niedlich
• Italian: tenero, gentile, caro, carino
• Spanish: tierno, encantador, enternecedor, atractivo, atrayente, entrañable, simpático

endearing (plural endearings)

1. Synonym of endearment#English|endearment.
   • 1919 September, Jack London, “On the Makaloa Mat”, in On the Makaloa Mat, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, OCLC 288484 ↗, page 23 ↗:

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

1. present participle of endear#English|endear.