Antonyms for gracious
ˈgreɪ ʃəsgra·cious

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1. gracious

   Human denotes what pertains to mankind, with no suggestion as to its being good or evil; as, the human race; human qualities; we speak of human achievements, virtues, or excellences, human follies, vices, or crimes. Humane denotes what may rightly be expected of mankind at its best in the treatment of sentient beings; a humane enterprise or endeavor is one that is intended to prevent or relieve suffering. The humane man will not needlessly inflict pain upon the meanest thing that lives; a merciful man is disposed to withhold or mitigate the suffering even of the guilty. The compassionate man sympathizes with and desires to relieve actual suffering, while one who is humane would forestall and prevent the suffering which he sees to be possible. Compare MERCY; PITIFUL; PITY.

   See synonyms for BARBAROUS.

   Synonyms:
   benevolent, benignant, charitable, clement, compassionate, forgiving, gentle, human, humane, kind, kind-hearted, merciful, pitying, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted

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1. gracious

   Antonyms:
   haughty, discourteous, illdisposed, ungracious, churlish

   Synonyms:
   affable, courteous, benignant, kind, civil, condescending, merciful, friendly, tender, gentle, beneficent

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1. graciousadjective

   characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit

   "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor"

   Antonyms:
   graceless, unkind, ungracious, unpleasing, churlish, impolite, unpropitious

   Synonyms:
   courteous, nice, benignant

2. benignant, graciousadjective

   characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects

   "our benignant king"

   Antonyms:
   impolite, graceless, churlish, unpropitious, unpleasing, unkind, ungracious

   Synonyms:
   courteous, benign, nice, benignant

3. courteous, gracious, niceadjective

   exhibiting courtesy and politeness

   "a nice gesture"

   Antonyms:
   graceless, unpropitious, impolite, unpleasing, churlish, unkind, ungracious

   Synonyms:
   courteous, overnice, squeamish, dainty, benignant, nice, prissy, skillful, decent

4. graciousadjective

   disposed to bestow favors

   "thanks to the gracious gods"

   Antonyms:
   unpleasing, impolite, unkind, unpropitious, churlish, graceless, ungracious

   Synonyms:
   courteous, nice, benignant

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1. graciousadjective

   Synonyms:
   merciful, lenient, beneficent, compassionate, benign, tender, graceful, elegant, courteous, debonair, complaisant, urbane, affable

How to use gracious in a sentence?

1. Patrick Henry:

   Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugationthe last arguments to which kings resort.

2. Helen Keller:

   Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   We are the Democratic Party ... In our caucus, we have our differences. Respect that instead of making a big issue of it, we sat down today, we had a good meeting. The congresswoman is a very gracious member of Congress, so we had a very positive conversation.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   I just said,' Oh my goodness gracious.' I could just see what's going to happen.

5. Kelsey Crowe:

   Thanks to Carla's gracious understanding and forgiveness, our friendship remains incredibly close, and I went on to learn a bunch of better ways to support a friend.

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