Cordial

Definition: Cordial

Cordial

Adjective

1. Diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host".

2. Showing warm and heartfelt friendliness; "gave us a cordial reception"; "a hearty welcome".

3. Sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"; "a fervent hope".

Noun

1. Strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cordial" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Cordial

Courtesy

Ingratiating, winning; gentle, mild; good-humored, cordial, gracious, affable, familiar; neighborly.

Feeling

Earnest, wistful, eager, breathless; fervent; fervid; gushing, passionate, warm-hearted, hearty, cordial, sincere, zealous, enthusiastic, glowing, ardent, burning, red-hot, fiery, flaming; boiling over.

Friendship

Friends with, well with, at home with, hand in hand with; on good terms, on friendly terms, on amicable terms, on cordial terms, on familiar terms, on intimate terms, on good footing; on speaking terms, on visiting terms; in one's good graces, in one's good books.

Firm friendship, staunch friendship, intimate friendship, familiar friendship, bosom friendship, cordial friendship, tried friendship, devoted friendship, lasting friendship, fast friendship, sincere friendship, warm friendship, ardent friendship.

Adjective: friendly; amicable, amical; well-affected, unhostile, neighborly, brotherly, fraternal, sympathetic, harmonious, hearty, cordial, warm-hearted.

Pain

Refreshing; comfortable; cordial; genial; glad, gladsome; sweet, delectable, nice, dainty; delicate, delicious; dulcet; luscious; palatable; luxurious, voluptuous; sensual.

Pungency

Dram, cordial, nip.

Remedy

Nostrum, receipt, recipe, prescription; catholicon, panacea, elixir, elixir vitae, philosopher's stone; balm, balsam, cordial, theriac, ptisan.

Willingness

Docile; persuadable, persuasible; suasible, easily persuaded, facile, easy-going; tractable; (pliant); genial, gracious, cordial, cheering, hearty; content; (assenting).

Crosswords: Cordial

French (cardiac, cordial, genial, hearty, warm), Portuguese (amicable, cardiac, cordial, friendly, genial, heartfelt, hearty, warm), Romanian (cordial, cordially, genial, good humoured, good-humored, heart-felt, hearty, kind, responsive, sincere, stimulating, true, warm, whole heartedly, whole-hearted), Spanish (amiable, comradely, cordial, friendly, heartfelt, hearty).

La puerta más cordial Madrid (1967)

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Books

• A Cordial Water: A Garland of Odd and Old Receipts to Assuage the Ills of Man and Beast (reference)

• A Divine Cordial - Romans 8:28 (reference)

• Cordial and Corrosive (reference)

• Cordial but not cosy : a history of the Office of the Auditor General (reference)

• Cordial Cookery (reference)

  (more book examples)

Consumer Goods

• Lord of the Rings Cordial - Gandalf (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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She was received with a cordial respect which could not but please, and given all the consequence she could wish for.

He was ironical and cordial.

The grave and cordial voice went on easily with its tale, and in the pauses Stephen felt bound to set it on again with respectful questions.

A pleasing cordial, princely Buckingham, Is this thy vow unto my sickly heart.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Qatar

Bilateral relations are cordial and expanding. (references)

El Salvador

U.S.-Salvadoran relations remain close and cordial. (references)

Chad

Cordial relations with the Deby Government continue. (references)

Political Economy

Barbados

Barbados has a cordial, long-standing relationship with the United States. (references)

Eq. Guinea

Equatorial Guinea has cordial relations with neighboring Cameroon, although there was criticism in Cameroon in 2000 about perceived mistreatment of Cameroonians working in Equatorial Guinea. (references)

Venezuela

Venezuela and the United States have long had a close and cordial relationship due both to the trade in oil - it is Venezuela's key export product and Venezuela is one of the leading suppliers to the U.S. - and to Venezuela's strong democratic traditions. (references)

Travel

Greece

Greeks are warm, cordial, and generous, and will often insist on paying for meals or entertainment, a courtesy which should be accepted with gratitude and reciprocated another time. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "cordial": be cordial ♦ cordial friendship ♦ cordial manner ♦ cordial reception ♦ Ginger cordial. Additional references.

Ending with "cordial": ever-cordial, ginger-cordial.

Afrikaans

innig (above-board, cardiac, close, hearty, intimate, sincere, warm). (various references)

Albanian

tonik (pick me up, restorative, tonic), nxitës (abetter, abettor, aphrodisiac, encouraging, excitant, fillip, fire brand, fomenter, hortative, hortatory, impellent, incendiary, incentive, inciting, inflammatory, instigator, lively, mainspring, piquant, poignant, promoter, provocative, sexy, sponsor, stimulant, stimulating, warmonger), ilaç tonizues, i përzemërt (amiable, genial, good natured, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, loving, neighborly, neighbourly, warmhearted, wholehearted), i ngrohtë (cushy, genial, homelike, homing, red-hot, snug, warm, warm blooded, warming). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قلبي (coronary, hearty, inner), ‏ودي (amiable, bluff, brotherly, fraternal, friendly, genial, good natured, heartfelt, hearty, intimate, kind, neighbor, neighborly, neighbour, neighbourly, nice, outgoing, pally, sexy, sympathetic, warm, well disposed), ‏حار (hot, nice and warm, peppery, thermal, torrid), ‏عميق (abstruse, deep, fast, heavy, ingrained, inward, passionate, profound, sound, thorough), ‏شراب منبه, ‏شديد (acute, biting, boisterous, brusque, crass, dense, excruciating, extreme, forte, intense, intensive, keen, lusty, rigorous, shrill, stern, strong, telling, tempestuous, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сърдечен (cardiac, cheery, expansive, genial, hearty, kind, lusty, mellow, openhearted, pressing, warm), стимулиращо лекарство, стимулиращо питие (pick me up), стимулиращ (excitatory, propulsive, stimulant), възбудителен (excitative, exciting, irritant, irritative, unrestful), ободрително питие (pick me up), искрен (bona fide, candid, deep-felt, devout, earnest, genuine, heart-to-heart, hearty, honest, outright, outspoken, plain, prayerful, sincere, single, single-eyed, unalloyed, unfeigned, unreserved, untutored). (various references)

Chinese 

親切 (amiable, close and dear, familiar, friendliness, gracious, hospitality, intimate, kind), 衷心 (heartfelt, wholehearted), 熱情 (enthusiastic, passion, passionate, passionately), �"�露�'. (various references)

Czech

vlídný (affable, amiable, approachable, benign, courteous, genial, good, gracious, hospitable, kindly, mild, sweet, sweet-tempered), srdeèný (affectionate, feeling, genial, heartfelt, hearty, home-felt, open armed, warm, warmhearted), posilující nápoj, přátelský (amicable, comradely, friendly, hearty, kind, neighborly, sociable, well disposed). (various references)

Danish

hjertelig (cardiac, hearty, warm), hjerte- (cardiac, heart-, hearty, warm), frugtsirup. (various references)

Dutch

innig (above-board, cardiac, close, hearty, intimate, sincere, warm). (various references)

Esperanto

tutkora (whole-hearted), kora (cardiac, heart-, hearty). (various references)

Faeroese

hjartaligur (above-board, cardiac, hearty, sincere, warm). (various references)

Farsi 

مقوی (Hearty, Tonic), قلبی (Cardiac, Heartfelt, Hearty), صمیمی (Chum, Chummy, Hailfellow, Heartfelt, Intimate, Near, Privy, Real, Sincere, Unaffected, Warm). (various references)

Finnish

sydämellinen (heartfelt, hearty, kind). (various references)

French

cordial. (various references)

Frisian

hertlik (cardiac, hearty, warm). (various references)

German

herzlich (affectionate, cordially, heartfelt, heartily, hearty, sincere, warm, warmly), Fruchtsirup. (various references)

Greek 

καρδιοτονωτικόσ, έντονοσ (acute, colourful, intense), πυκνός χυμός φρούτου, εγκάρδιοσ (cheery, genial, heartfelt, hearty, whole-hearted), τονωτικόσ (bracing, invigorative, restorative, stimulative, tonic), τονωτικό ποτό (tonic beverages), θερμόσ (fervent, heated, hot, thermal, thermos, warm). (various references)

Hebrew 

מלבב (attractive, endearing, enticing), לבבי (bluff, genial, heartfelt, hearty, intimate, open armed, warm), עז (fervent, fierce, goat, intense, mighty, powerful, strong, tearing), � פשי (mental, psychic, psychological, spiritual). (various references)

Hungarian

szíverõsítõ, szívbõl jövõ (whole-hearted), szívélyes (complacent, complaisant, genial, good natured, good tempered, good-tempered, gracious, hearty, obliging, open armed, to meet with a warm reception, warm, warm-hearted, well disposed, wholehearted), üdítõital sûrítmény. (various references)

Icelandic

hjartanlegur (cardiac, hearty, warm). (various references)

Italian

cordiale (genial, hearty, neighborly, neighbourly, pick me up, restorative, sociable, sympathetic, warm, warm-hearted, wholehearted). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

厚い (deep, kind, thick, warm). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

し�"み (kind, novelty, relative, true meaning), �"�"ろから, �"�"とく (kind), あつい (deep, faithful, hot, kind, serious, thick, warm). (various references)

Korean 

강심� �. (various references)

Manx

jough vioyral (pop), caarjagh (conciliatory, intimate). (various references)

Norwegian

hjertelig (cardiac, heartily, hearty, warm). (various references)

Papiamen

kordial (cardiac, hearty, warm). (various references)

Pig Latin

ordialcay

Polish

serdeczny (cardiac, hearty, warm). (various references)

Portuguese

cordial (amicable, cardiac, friendly, genial, heartfelt, hearty, warm). (various references)

Romanian

cordial (cordially, genial, good humoured, good-humored, heart-felt, hearty, kind, responsive, sincere, stimulating, true, warm, whole heartedly, whole-hearted), cãlduros (affectionate, ardently, devout, devoutly, hot, passionate, passionately, warm, warmly), stimulent (drive, fillip, impetus, impulse, incentive, pick me up, spur, stimulant, stimulus, whet), prietenos (amicable, blandly, cheerful, clubby, companionable, friendly, kind, kindly, Matey, mellow, mild, mildly, nice, pally, sweet), intim (close, familiar, friendly, heart-to-heart, hearty, home-felt, homelike, in, innermost, internal, intimate, inward, mutual, near, private), întãritor (bracing, fortifying, invigorating). (various references)

Russian 

сердечный (cardiac, genial, heartfelt, hearty, home-felt, kind, warm, warmhearted, warm-hearted). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vrsta likera, srdačan (friendly, genial, hearty, kind, open armed, outgiving, true-hearted, warm, warmhearted, warm-hearted). (various references)

Spanish

cordial (amiable, comradely, friendly, heartfelt, hearty). (various references)

Swedish

hjärtlig (backslapping, cardiac, hearty, warm). (various references)

Thai

เหล้า (berps, eyewash, gee, giggle goo, grog, joy juice, liqueur, lubrication, lush, muddler), ที่�"ูอบอุ่นและเป็นมิตร, �"้วยความจริงใจ. (various references)

Turkish

canlandırıcı ilaç, candan (bluff, candid, companionable, cordially, deep-felt, genially, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, open armed, open-hearted, personable, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, whole-hearted, willing, with open arms), uyarıcı madde, tatlı içecek, samimi (candid, childlike, chummy, companionable, devout, earnest, familiar, folksy, forthright, Frank, free, freehearted, friendly, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, intimate, jannock, near, on the square, open armed, openhearted, outspoken, pally, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, truthful, undesigning, unequivocal, warm, whole-hearted), likör (crème, liqueur), kâlbe güç veren, içten (bluff, bona fide, candid, childlike, deep, deeply, devout, earnest, faithful, familiar, forthright, genuine, gut, hail-fellow-well-met, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, ingenuous, internally, inwardly, kindly, open, open armed, openhearted, open-hearted, sincere, sincerely, true, true-hearted, truly, truthful, unaffected, undesigning, unfeigned, whole-hearted). (various references)

Ukrainian

стимулюючі ліки для серця, сильний (acute, athletic, bad, bitter, bull, deep, driving, nervous, nervy, penetrating, potent, powerful, punchy, quick, sharp, smart, spanking, strong, swingeing, vehement, vigorous), щирий (candid, devout, earnest, genuine, heartfelt, hearty, ingenuous, onefold, open armed, outspoken, pure-minded, simple, sincere, true-hearted, unaffected, whole-hearted, whole-souled), глибокий (abstruse, abysmal, deep, deep rooted, deep-drawn, deep-seated, dense, intensive, profound), зміцнюючий (analeptic, invigorative, restorative), задушевний. (various references)

Vietnamese 

chân th� nh kích thích tim sự ghét cay ghét đắng, thân mật (amicable, chummy, conversant, friendly, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, heartily, hearty, intimate, intimately, matey, maty), thân ái (amicable, cordially, endearingly, genial). (various references)

cordialis. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "cordial": cordialities, cordiality, cordially, cordialness, cordialnesses, cordials. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cordial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cardal, cardial, carial, chondral, codial, coordial, Corcia, corda, cordail, Cordal, Cordale, cordialy, cordical, cordil, cordile, cordio, Cordius, cordual, Cordula, Cordwina, coridal, corjal, cornial, corrdial, Corrielo, Cowdria, crial, crocdial, curdil, Kirodimal, korhian, Kurdjali, Poudyal, Sardial. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: caroli, lorica.

-2 letters: acold, acrid, alcid, aroid, caird, carol, claro, coral, coria, daric, dolci, drail, laird, liard, lidar, radio.

-3 letters: acid, arco, arid, aril, cadi, caid, calo, card, carl, ciao, clad, clod, coal, coda, coil, coir, cola, cold, cord, dial, diol, dirl, idol, laic, laid, lair, lard, lari, liar, lido, lira, load, loca.

+1 letter: cordials, dicrotal, ironclad.

+2 letters: calorized, caprioled, choroidal, clarioned, clipboard, coralloid, cordially, corydalis, dicumarol, doctrinal, dropsical, goliardic, holandric, ironclads.

+3 letters: cardiology, clavichord, clipboards, clostridia, cordiality, cordillera, dicoumarol, dicumarols, duplicator, elucidator, myocardial, periodical, proclaimed, prosodical, radiologic, radiolytic, sporicidal, trochoidal.

+4 letters: accordingly, aeromedical, artiodactyl, carillonned, chancroidal, charbroiled, chlorinated, clavichords, clostridial, codicillary, cordialness, cordilleran, cordilleras, corydalises, crocodilian, crystalloid, declaration, dicoumarols, dictatorial, dimercaprol, directional, directorial, doctrinally, domiciliary, duplicators, elucidators, endocardial, icosahedral, maledictory, overclaimed, palindromic, paradoxical, periodicals, radiolucent, redactional, reductional, rhapsodical, secondarily, valedictory, varicolored.