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Gracious

Gracious Meaning & Definition
Gracious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gracious?

[adj] disposed to bestow favors; "thanks to the gracious gods"
[adj] exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture"
[adj] doing or producing good
[adj] characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"
[adj] characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gracious: beneficent | benevolent | benignant | courteous | elegant | good | graceful | kind | merciful | nice | polite | propitious | refined | urbane

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gracious: accommodating | affable | affectionate | agreeable | amiable | amicable | approachable | attentive | beneficent | benevolent | benign | benignant | bighearted | blissful | Bohemian | bonhomous | bounteous | bountiful | brotherly | casual | cheerful | chivalrous | Christian | Christlike | Christly | civil | civilized | clubby | compassionate | compatible | complaisant | compliant | congenial | considerate | cordial | courteous | courtly | cultivated | cultured | dainty | decent | deferential | degage | delicate | desirable | discriminating | easygoing | elegant | en rapport | enjoyable | fair | fair and pleasant | familiar | fastidious | felicific | felicitous | fine | folksy | forthcoming | fraternal | free | free and easy | freehanded | freehearted | friendly | gallant | generous | genial | giving | good | goodly | good-natured | graceful | gracile | grateful | gratifying | greathearted | handsome | harmonious | haymish | heart-warming | hearty | homely | homey | honeyed | hospitable | human | humane | indulgent | informal | irregular | kind | kindhearted | kindly | kindly-disposed | large | largehearted | lavish | liberal | likable | loose | loving | magnanimous | mannered | mellifluous | mellow | munificent | natural | neighborly | nice | obliging | offhand | offhanded | oh | open | openhanded | openhearted | outgoing | overindulgent | overpermissive | permissive | plain | pleasant | pleasing | pleasurable | pleasureful | pleasure-giving | polished | polite | princely | profuse | receptive | refined | relaxed | respectful | rewarding | satisfying | simple | sociable | softhearted | solicitous | sophisticated | starchy | stately | stintless | subtle | sweet | sympathetic | sympathizing | tactful | tender | tenderhearted | thoughtful | unaffected | unassuming | unceremonious | unconstrained | unconventional | ungrudging | unofficial | unselfish | unsparing | unstinted | unstinting | unstudied | urbane | warm | warmhearted | warm-hearted | welcome | welcoming | well-mannered

See Also | friendly

Gracious In Webster's Dictionary

\Gra"cious\, a. [F. gracieux, L. gratiosus. See {Grace}.] 1. Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty. A god ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. --Neh. ix. 17. So hallowed and so gracious in the time. --Shak. 2. Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent. Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . . There was not such a gracious creature born. --Shak. 3. Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections. Syn: Favorable; kind; benevolent; friendly; beneficent; benignant; merciful.

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