Genteel

Definition: Genteel

Genteel

Adjective

1. Marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society".

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Date "genteel" was first used: 1599. (references)

Etymology: Genteel \Gen*teel"\, adjective. [French expression gentil noble, pretty, graceful. See Gentle.]. (references)

Satire

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Synonyms: Genteel

Fashion

Adjective: fashionable; in fashion; Noun: a la mode, comme il faut; admitted in society, admissible in society; Noun: presentable; conventional; (customary); genteel; well-bred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken; gentlemanlike, gentlemanly; ladylike; civil, polite; (courteous).

Nobility

Adjective: noble, exalted; of rank; Noun: princely, patrician, aristocratic; high-, well-born; of gentle blood; genteel, comme il faut, gentlemanlike, courtly; (fashionable); highly respectable.

The Drama

Light comedy, genteel comedy, low comedy.

Company; first tragedian, prima donna, protagonist; jeune premier; debutant, debutante; light comedian, genteel comedian, low comedian; walking gentleman, amoroso, heavy father, ingenue, jeune veuve.

Vulgarity

Dowdy; slovenly; (dirty); ungenteel, shabby genteel; low, common, hoi polloi; (plebeian); uncourtly; uncivil; (discourteous); ill bred, ill mannered; underbred; ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike; unladylike, unfeminine; wild, wild as an unbacked colt.

Crosswords: Genteel

Books

• A Genteel Little Murder (reference)

• A Shabby Genteel Story and other Writings (Everyman Paperback (reference)

• Genteel Pagan: The Double Life of Charles Warren Stoddard (reference)

• Genteel Revolutionaries: Anna and Thomas Haslam and the Irish Women's Movement (reference)

• Henry B. Fuller of Chicago: The Ordeal of a Genteel Realist in Ungenteel America (Contributions in American Studies) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Genteel Companion (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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He was genteel, effeminate, graceful, robust, weak, and ferocious

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Expressions using "genteel": genteel comedy ♦ genteel poverty. Additional references.

Beginning with "genteel": genteel-type.

Ending with "genteel": once-genteel, shabby-genteel.

Albanian

pseudoaristokrat, i sjellshëm (amiable, bland, complaisant, courteous, courtly, delicate, discreet, fair-spoken, gallant, good, kind, kindly, mannerly, nice, polite, suave, well bred, well mannered, well-behaved), i shoqërisë së lartë, elegant (chic, courtly, dainty, dashing, elegant, exquisite, fashionable, gallant, high-toned, modish, nifty, Nobby, silk stocking, Spruce, stylish, trig, willowy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متميز (discrete, discriminating, distinct, distinguished, elegance, eminence, featured, peculiar, separate, special), ‏أنيق (bijou, chic, classy, coxcomb, dainty, dapper, dashing, dinky, dressy, elegant, exclusive, fine, gallant, good looking, gracious, jaunty, ladylike, mincing, natty, neat, nice, perky, personable, posh, presentable, rich, saucy, seemly, sharp, smart, smug, sophisticated, spick and span, sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, spruce, stylish, suave, swagger, swell, tailor made, taut, tidy, tight, trim, well groomed). (various references)

Bulgarian 

с претенции за аристократизъм, моден (chic, current, fashionable, go, high-toned, in, mainstream, mod, modern, modish, new, newfangled, nifty, rakish, saucy, smart, stylish, swanky, swell, swinging, swish), елегантен (classy, dashing, debonair, doggy, dressy, elegant, feat, fine, graceful, jimp, mod, nifty, plush, plushy, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, silk stocking, smart, snappy, stylish, swell, swish, tasty), благовъзпитан (well bred, well-conditioned). (various references)

Chinese 

文绉绉. (various references)

Czech

uhlazený (courtly, graceful, mannerly, polite, refined, sleek, slick, urbane), přepjatý (exalted, extreme, prim), nóbl (classy, grand, posh, swanky), afektovaný (affected, camp, mannered, mincing, minikin, stilted, studied, stuffy, theatrical, unnatural). (various references)

Farsi 

نجیب (Bland, Decent, Gentle, Meek, Nice, Noble), تربیت شده (Made), اقامنش , اصیل (Gentleman, Highborn, Noble, Purebred, Thoroughbred, Unfeigned, Wellborn). (various references)

French

distingué, chic. (various references)

German

vornehm (aristocratic, classy, courtly, dapper, distinguished, elegant, exclusive, fashionable, fine, gentlemanly, high ranking, highbred, ladylike, lordly, noble, noble-minded, nobly, plush, plushly, posh, poshly, refined, smart, stylish, swell, swish, up-market). (various references)

Greek 

ευγενικόσ (amiable, civil, complaisant, considerate, courteous, courtly, gracious, kind, mannerly, polite, urbane), ευγενικός (considerate about, gentle, kind, polite), ευγενήσ (civil, courteous, courtly, debonair, gallant, gentle, gentlemanly, gracious, kindly, ladylike, nobble, nobleman, patrician, polite, soulful, thoroughbred, urbane, well mannered). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעוש�" ב�'י� ו� יו. (various references)

Hungarian

finomkodó (kid-glove, mealy mouthed, mealy-mouthed, mincing, namby-pamby, niminy-piminy, ornate, prissy, proper). (various references)

Indonesian

sopan (decent, gentlemanly, polite, urbane), santun (decent, gentlemanly, polite). (various references)

Italian

gentile (affable, bland, charming, civil, courteous, decent, fair, gentile, gentle, gracious, kind, kindly, likable, mild, nice, obliging, polite, tender, thoughtful), garbato (courteous, gentle, polite, quiet, well mannered), manieroso, distinto (articulate, articulately, clear, discrete, distinct, distinguished, distinguishing, explicit, lucid, obvious, plain, separate), affettato (affected, assumed, Dandy, euphuistic, finical, foppish, labored, laboured, mincing, niminy-piminy, pretty-pretty, prim, prissy, sliced). (various references)

Pig Latin

enteelgay.(various references)

Portuguese

fino (braw, choice, dainty, delicate, dressy, exquisite, fine, gallant, gaunt, gentlemanly, gossamer, keen, knowing, lean, nice, nobby, out-and-out, posh, refined, select, sharp, sheer, sleazy, slender, slim, smart, stylish, subtil, subtile, subtle, tactful, tasteful, tenuous, thin, well-bred, well-made, wispy), distinto (articulate, cleanly cut, clear, different, discrete, discriminate, discriminating, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, gentlemanly, grand, great, illustrious, neat, net, nice, noted, plain, precise, stylish, unlike, well-marked), de boas maneiras (well-bred), correto (accurate, all right, anchored, clean-fingered, correct, gentlemanlike, incorrupt, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, proper, seemly, sportsmanlike, sporty, true), bem-educado (highbred, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered). (various references)

Romanian

sclivisit (dapper, foppish, squoo, tittivated), politicos (attentive, civil, complaisant, complimentary, considerate, courteous, fair, gentlemanlike, mannerly, parliamentary, polite, politely, respectful, well bred), manierat (attentive, ceremonious, courteous, courteously, courtly, gentle, gentlemanlike, mannered, mannerly, well bred, well mannered, well-behaved), elegant (daintily, dainty, Dandy, dashing, dressy, elegant, fashionable, gallant, gentle, graceful, gracefully, jaunty, polite, smart, smartly, smug, spicy, stylish, swell, tasty, well-dressed), binevoitor (amiable, benevolent, benignant, bland, charitable, condescending, favorable, favourable, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good natured, gracious, humane, kind, kindly, lithe, nice, propitious, ungrudging, well disposed, well meaning, well wisher, yielding), binecrescut (accomplished, gentle, gentleman, gentlemanlike, well bred, well educated). (various references)

Russian 

элегантный (chic, elegant, gent, silk stocking, smug, soigne, soignee, stylish), благородный (blue-blooded, exalted, high minded, honorable, honourable, noble, noble-minded, whole-souled), благовоспитанный (well bred). (various references)

Scottish

d� icheil (graceful, handsome). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uljudan (courteous, decorous, well mannered), uglađen (polished, polite, refined, sleek, slick, smooth, suave, trim), otmen (dignified, fashionable, gallant, nobby, noble, refined, urbane). (various references)

Spanish

gentil (comely, decent, gentile, graceful, nice, sonsy), refinado (courtly, refined), fino (choice, dainty, delicate, discriminating, fine, gaunt, gossamer, ladylike, lean, nice, polished, refined, semiprecious, sharp, sheer, shrewd, slender, suave, subtil, subtile, subtle, thin), elegante (bijou, chic, courtly, dainty, debonair, dressy, elegant, fashionable, Flossy, fragrant, graceful, handsome, ladylike, natty, neat, nifty, Nobby, posh, rakish, refined, silk stocking, smart, snazzy, sporty, stylish, trim), cursi (affected, camp, corny, flashy, loud, posh, pretentious, showy, tacky, tawdry), cortés (attentive, civil, complaisant, courteous, courtly, debonair, gallant, gracious, mannerly, polite, suave, urbane, well bred, well mannered, well-mannered). (various references)

Swedish

tillgjord (affected, mannered, mincing, niminy-piminy, precious), respektabel (gentee, respectable, Savory, savoury), herrskapsaktig, fin (aristocratic, bully, choice, clean, dainty, delicate, delicious, dignified, discriminating, elegant, excellent, fine, finespun, first rate, gentee, grand, handsome, high pitched, keen, ladylike, nice, polished, refined, select, sensitive, slender, smart, soft, superior, swell, tactful, tender, tenuous, thin). (various references)

Turkish

yapmacık (affected, artificial, campy, chichi, constrained, counterfeit, factitious, false, feigned, plummy, pretended, put on, rose water, set, shifty, sophisticated, studied, studious, theatrical, unnatural), soylu (aristocrat, aristocratic, aristocratical, blue blood, born in the purple, gently born, grand, high, noble, noble blood, of gentle birth, of good family, patrician, pedigreed, princely, silk stocking, thoroughbred, titled, truebred, u, well born, well bred), nazik (affable, attentive, brittle, civil, civilized, civil-spoken, complaisant, considerate, courteous, dainty, debonair, debonaire, decent, delicate, distingue, Douce, eggshell, exquisite, fair, gentle, gracious, kid glove, kind, mannerly, mild, obliging, parliamentary, polished, polite, suave, sweet-natured, tender, ticklish, tickly, touchy, trickish, tricky, urbane, well disposed), kibar (aristocratic, aristocratical, attentive, blancmange, bland, chivalrous, civil, civilized, courteous, courtly, distingue, Douce, elegant, exquisite, fashionable, gallant, gentle, kid glove, mild, nice, parliamentary, polished, polite, refined, sharp, urbane, well born, well disposed, well mannered). (various references)

Ukrainian

світський (fashionable, laic, laical, lay, mundane, profane, secular, social, terrestrial), елегантний (becoming, chic, debonair, delicate, elegant, graceful, nice, nifty, primp, silk stocking, smirk, spiffed, swagger, swell, well-tailored), благородний (big, chivalrous, high minded, high-hearted, hightoned, ingenuous, knightly, noble, noble-minded, superb, whole-souled). (various references)

gentil. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "genteel": genteeler, genteelest, genteelism, genteelisms, genteelly, genteelness, genteelnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "genteel": ungenteel. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Genteel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dentzel, entel, Geitel, Genbel, Geneen, Genel, Genelex, genetle, genrel, gental, gente, gentee, genteele, genteely, gentel, gentele, gentem, Genthe, Gestel, Gestyl, geteel, ginty, Glengelt, Gynewell. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: gentle.

-2 letters: gelee, genet, gleet, tenge.

-3 letters: gelt, gene, gent, glee, glen, leet, lent, teel, teen, tele.

-4 letters: eel, eng, gee, gel, gen, get, lee, leg, let, nee, net, tee, teg, tel, ten.

-5 letters: el, en, et, ne.

+1 letter: greenlet.

+2 letters: genteeler, genteelly, gentlemen, greenbelt, greenlets, kentledge, neglected, neglecter, telegenic, ungenteel.

+3 letters: eyeletting, genteelest, genteelism, gentilesse, gentleness, greenbelts, kentledges, lengthened, lengthener, neglecters, reelecting, singletree, telegonies.

+4 letters: beguilement, belligerent, deselecting, enlargement, enlightened, genteelisms, genteelness, gentilesses, gentlewomen, genuflected, lengtheners, nondelegate, preelecting, relettering, singletrees, swingletree, televiewing, undelegated.

+5 letters: beguilements, belligerents, decelerating, degenerately, electrogenic, enlargements, entanglement, fleetingness, generalities, gentlenesses, gentleperson, intelligence, inveiglement, nondelegates, outgeneraled, overlengthen, preselecting, regenerately, renegotiable, snaggleteeth, swingletrees, telemetering.