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gracious definition
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Grep of noun gracious graciousness Overview of adj gracious The adj gracious has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) gracious -- (characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor") 2. (1) beneficent, benevolent, gracious -- (doing or producing good) 3. benignant, gracious -- (characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king") 4. courteous, gracious, nice -- (exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture") 5. gracious -- (disposed to bestow favors; "thanks to the gracious gods") Antonyms of adj gracious 5 senses of gracious Sense 1 gracious (vs. ungracious) ungracious (vs. gracious) => churlish => graceless, unpleasing Sense 2 beneficent, benevolent, gracious INDIRECT (VIA good) -> evil, wicked Sense 3 benignant, gracious INDIRECT (VIA kind) -> unkind Sense 4 courteous, gracious, nice INDIRECT (VIA polite) -> impolite Sense 5 gracious INDIRECT (VIA propitious) -> unpropitious Similarity of adj gracious 5 senses of gracious Sense 1 gracious (vs. ungracious) => elegant, graceful, refined => merciful => urbane Also See-> friendly#1; refined#1 Sense 2 beneficent, benevolent, gracious => good (vs. evil) Sense 3 benignant, gracious => kind (vs. unkind) Sense 4 courteous, gracious, nice => polite (vs. impolite) Sense 5 gracious => propitious (vs. unpropitious) Attributes of adj gracious Familiarity of adj gracious gracious used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj gracious gracious ungracious Overview of adj gracious The adj gracious has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) gracious -- (characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor") 2. (1) beneficent, benevolent, gracious -- (doing or producing good) 3. benignant, gracious -- (characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king") 4. courteous, gracious, nice -- (exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture") 5. gracious -- (disposed to bestow favors; "thanks to the gracious gods")
gracious definition
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