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- Dictionarygracious/ˈɡreɪʃəs/
adjective
- 1. courteous, kind, and pleasant, especially towards someone of lower social status: "a gracious hostess" Similar Opposite
- 2. (in Christian belief) showing divine grace: "I am saved by God's gracious intervention on my behalf" Similar Opposite
exclamation
- 1. used to express polite surprise: "good gracious, that was close!"
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The meaning of GRACIOUS is marked by kindness and courtesy. How to use gracious in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Gracious.
GRACIOUS definition: 1. behaving in a pleasant, polite, calm way: 2. having the qualities of great comfort, beauty, and…. Learn more.
Gracious means "kind, courteous, and compassionate," like your gracious reply to a rude question like, "So, did you ever learn to hit a softball?" Gracious descends from the Latin word for good will.
GRACIOUS meaning: 1. behaving in a pleasant, polite, calm way: 2. having the qualities of great comfort, beauty, and…. Learn more.
1. having or showing kindness, courtesy, charm, etc. 2. merciful; compassionate. 3. indulgent or polite to those held to be inferiors. 4. characterized by the taste, luxury, and social ease associated with prosperity, education, etc. gracious living.
pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous. Synonyms: polite, pleasant, kindly, friendly, courteous, benign, benevolent. Antonyms: churlish. characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, or luxury: a gracious home. gracious suburban living; a gracious home. indulgent or beneficent in a pleasantly condescending way, especially to inferiors.
1. characterized by or showing kindness and courtesy. 2. condescendingly courteous, benevolent, or indulgent. 3. characterized by or suitable for a life of elegance, ease, and indulgence: gracious living; gracious furnishings. 4. merciful or compassionate.
Synonyms for GRACIOUS: hospitable, friendly, polite, kindly, thoughtful, affable, cordial, outgoing; Antonyms of GRACIOUS: ungracious, inhospitable, unsociable, ungenial, churlish, boorish, abrupt, blunt.
Definition of gracious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
gracious. adjective. These are words and phrases related to gracious. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of gracious. She was the most gracious hostess I've ever known. Synonyms. kindly. courteous. cordial. amiable. affable. good-natured. hospitable. obliging. civil. polite. chivalrous. courtly.
