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adjective

1. Characterized by kindness and warm, unaffected courtesy: affable, hospitable. See kind/cruel.
2. Characterized by elaborate but usually formal courtesy: chivalrous, courtly, gallant, knightly, stately. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.

adj

Definition: kind, giving
Antonyms: discourteous, hateful, mean, nasty, rude, sarcastic, severe, ungiving, ungracious, unkind, vulgar

IN BRIEF: Kindness and courtesy.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness. — Charles Hole.

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For a list of words related to gracious, see:

• Interjections
• Appealing, Elegant, Neat, Rich, or Fancy
• Warm, Friendly, Sensitive, or Loving
• Proper, Courteous, Refined, or Puritanical
• Giving, Trusting, Innocent, or Generous

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See words rhyming with "gracious."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Gracious.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nådig, elskværdig, imødekommende
int. - du godeste!

Nederlands (Dutch)
verfijnd, goedgunstig, genadig, Goeie genade!

Français (French)
adj. - affable, fait de bon gré, avec bonne grâce, ne pas en vouloir à qn, aimable à qn de, affable (un sourire), condescendant, gracieux (titre royal), par la grâce de, (Relig) miséricordieux
int. - mon Dieu (arch)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - liebenswürdig, gnädig
int. - du meine liebe Güte!

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - καλοκάγαθος, ευγενικός, ευχάριστος, αρχοντικός

Italiano (Italian)
grazioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - gracioso, benévolo, condescendente, clemente

Русский (Russian)
милостивый, любезный, изобильный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - gracioso, cortés, amable, afable, agradable, clemente
int. - Dios mío!

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - älskvärd, barmhärtig (om Gud)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
亲切的, 高尚的, 哎呀, 天哪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 親切的, 高尚的
int. - 哎呀, 天哪

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 자비로운, 관대한, 정중한
int. - 이런!, 큰일이다!

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 思いやりのある, 愛想のよい, 恵み深い, 優雅な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لطيف, كريم, مهذب, لبق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אדיב, רחום, נעים, גומל טוב, חינני‬
int. - ‮הבעת הפתעה‬

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