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gracious
Overview of adj gracious
The adj gracious has 4 senses (first 1 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. benignant, gracious -- (characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king")
3. courteous, gracious, nice -- (exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture")
4. gracious -- (disposed to bestow favors; "thanks to the gracious gods")
Grep of noun gracious
graciousness
Antonyms of adj gracious
4 senses of gracious
Sense 1
gracious (vs. ungracious)
ungracious (vs. gracious)
=> churlish
=> graceless, unpleasing
Sense 2
benignant, gracious
INDIRECT (VIA kind) -> unkind
Sense 3
courteous, gracious, nice
INDIRECT (VIA polite) -> impolite
Sense 4
gracious
INDIRECT (VIA propitious) -> unpropitious
Similarity of adj gracious
4 senses of gracious
Sense 1
gracious (vs. ungracious)
=> elegant, graceful, refined
=> merciful
Also See> friendly#1; refined#1
Sense 2
benignant, gracious
=> kind (vs. unkind)
Sense 3
courteous, gracious, nice
=> polite (vs. impolite)
Sense 4
gracious
=> propitious (vs. unpropitious)
Pertainyms of adj gracious
Attributes of adj gracious
Domain of adj gracious
Domain Terms of adj gracious
Familiarity of adj gracious
gracious used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj gracious
gracious
ungracious
Grep of adv gracious
graciously
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