Word Meanings - AMIABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to love. Cf. Amicable, 1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. So amiable a prospect. Sir T. Herbert. 2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious;
Additional info about word: AMIABLE
friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to love. Cf. Amicable, 1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. So amiable a prospect. Sir T. Herbert. 2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas. 3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman. 4. Done out of love. Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife. Shak.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of AMIABLE)
- Agreeable
- Obliging
- pleasant
- accommodating
- grateful
- acceptable
- welcome
- suitable
- consistent
- consonant
- amiable
- gratifying
- pleasing
- good-natured
- complaisant
- Complacent
- Pleased
- satisfied
- content
- affable
- kind
- mannerly
- acquiescent
- Delectable
- Pleasant
- agreeable
- enjoyable
- Estimable
- Amiable
- delectable
- worthy
- good
- meritorious
- deserving
- lovable
- praiseworthy
- Gentle
- Courteous
- polite
- highbred
- mild
- bland
- tame
- docile
- meek
- soft
- placid
- tender
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of AMIABLE)
Related words: (words related to AMIABLE)
- ACCEPTABLE
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us. - TENDER
A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like. 3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water. (more info) 1. One who tends; one who takes - POLITENESS
1. High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance. Evelyn. 2. The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions. Syn. -- Courtesy; good breeding; refinement; urbanity; - CONTENTMENT
1. The state of being contented or satisfied; content. Contentment without external honor is humility. Grew. Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Tim. vi. 6. 2. The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice - DESERVEDNESS
Meritoriousness. - APPROPRIATENESS
The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude. - POLITE
1. Smooth; polished. Rays of light falling on a polite surface. Sir I. Newton. 2. Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil. He marries, bows at court, and grows polite. Pope. 3. Characterized - OBLIGABLE
Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is obligable; and another is not. Emerson. - BLANDLY
In a bland manner; mildly; suavely. - CONTENTLY
In a contented manner. - BLANDNESS
The state or quality of being bland. - CONSISTENTLY
In a consistent manner. - OBLIGER
One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton. - AMIABLENESS
The quality of being amiable; amiability. - PLACID
Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay. - TENDERLY
In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly. Chaucer. - TENDERNESS
The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective). Syn. -- Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy. - DESERVE
1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6. John - RETAINMENT
The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More. - DISAGREEABLENESS
The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness. - INGRATEFUL
1. Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative. Milton. He proved extremely false and ingrateful to me. Atterbury. 2. Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive. He gives . . . no ingrateful food. Milton. -- In"grate`ful*ly, adv. -- In"grate`ful*ness, - ANTHROPOLITE
A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it. - UNMANNERLY
Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.