Gracious

Definition: Gracious

Gracious

Adjective

1. Characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; "gracious even to unexpected visitors"; "gracious living"; "he bears insult with gracious good humor".

2. Doing or producing good.

3. Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king".

4. Exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture".

5. Disposed to bestow favors; "thanks to the gracious gods".

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

Date "gracious" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Gracious \Gra"cious\, adjective. [French expression gracieux, from Latin expression gratiosus. See Grace.]. (references)

Synonyms: Gracious

Benevolence

Adjective: benevolent; kind, kindly; well-meaning; amiable; obliging, accommodating, indulgent, gracious, complacent, good-humored.

Courtesy

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

Willingness

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

Wonder

Interjection: lo, lo and behold! O! heyday! halloo! what! indeed! really! surely! humph! hem! good lack, good heavens, gad so! welladay! dear me! only think! lackadaisy! my stars, my goodness! gracious goodness! goodness gracious! mercy on us! heavens and earth! God bless me! bless us, bless my heart! odzookens! O gemini! adzooks! hoity-toity! strong! Heaven save the mark, bless the mark! can such things be! zounds! 'sdeath! what on earth, what in the world! who would have thought it!; (inexpectation); you don't say so! You're kidding!. No kidding? what do you say to that! nous verrons! how now! where am I?

Crosswords: Gracious

It was gracious of you to share it with me. (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison)

Good gracious! I should bust a cap in your ass (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Gracious living-wise (The Apartment; writing credit: Billy Wilder ; I.A.L. Diamond)

When from our better selves we have too long Been parted by the hurrying world, and droop, Sick of its business, of its pleasures tired, How gracious, how benign, is Solitude (Next Stop Wonderland; writing credit: Brad Anderson; Lyn Vaus)

Do not swear at all. Or, if thou wilt, swear by the gracious self which is the god of my idolatry, and I'll believe thee (Romeo + Juliet; writing credit: Craig Pearce)

From the gracious days (No More "I Love You's"; performing artist: Annie Lennox)

Goodness gracious great balls of fire ("Great Balls of Fire"; performing artist: Jerry Lee Lewis)

I was like, good gracious ass is bodacious (Hot in Herre; performing artist: NELLY)

The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility. (references; author: unknown)

Annabelle Good Gracious (1919)

Goodness Gracious (1914)

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

Books

• A Gracious Plenty: A Novel (reference)

• A Gracious Plenty: Recipes and Reflections from the American South (reference)

• Commonsense Etiquette: A Guide to Gracious, Simple Manners for the Twenty-First Century (reference)

• For the Bride: A Guide to Style and Gracious Living (reference)

• God's Dawn for Every Darkness: Morning-Fresh Glimpses into His Gracious Heart (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Frugal Gourmet: The Gracious Tomato (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Gracious Living (reference)

• Music For Gracious Living, Vol. 2: Instrumental Themes (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

Laws ter gracious, Miss Julie. Credit: Library of Congress.

Oh, gracious! I had no idea our basement was as wet as all that, dear?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Good gracious William! have we no insect powder? : Excuse me, ma'am, it's ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Y'know -- I like this, Geraldine : by gracious! I believe there's a streak of ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Pogo]. "Good gracious, Mr. Malarkey, I had no idea you were nearby" .. Credit: Library of Congress.

Opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of all nations, by her most gracious majesty Queen Victoria and his royal highness Prince Albert, on the 1st of May, 1851 / taken on the spot by George Cruikshank. Credit: Library of Congress.

Off his nut: "Gracious massy, I'se struck de comet!". Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. (Abraham Lincoln)

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A very gracious invitation was returned, and the evening no longer dreaded by the fair mistress of the mansion

Madam, his Majesty doth can for you, And for your Grace, and you, my gracious lords

And each wished he could pick a guitar, because it is a gracious thing

But this good prince was so gracious as to forgive the poor page his whipping, upon promise that he would do so no more, without special orders

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Saudi Arabia

Saudis are gracious hosts and will try to put a visitor at ease, even during arduous business dealings. (references)

Travel

Honduras

Hondurans are hospitable and gracious hosts. (references)

Australia

Australians are personally gracious, yet informal and direct in their business dealings. (references)

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

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions using "gracious": good gracious ♦ goodness gracious ♦ gracious acceptance ♦ gracious goodness! ♦ gracious living ♦ gracious me ♦ gracious me! ♦ gracious mercy! ♦ make gracious ♦ most gracious. Additional references.

Beginning with "gracious": gracious-lady.

Albanian

zemërbardhë (bountiful, generous, good hearted, ungrudging), shpirtmirë (debonair, humane, kindhearted, soft-hearted, tender-hearted), i këndshëm (agreeable, beauteous, beautiful, delectable, delicious, dreamy, dulcet, entertaining, funny, good, good humoured, good tempered, good-humored, goodly, graceful, grateful, handsome, jocose, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, lovely, nice, palatable, piquant, pleasant, pretty, Savory, savoury, smooth, soft, sweet, sympathetic). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كريم (benign, big hearted, cream, custard, decent, generous, gentle, good, good hearted, good natured, high minded, honorable, honourable, kind, kindly, lavish, liberal, noble, noble-minded, obliging, open handed, precious, respectable, valuable, warm-hearted), ‏لطيف (affable, agreeable, amiable, benign, bland, charming, civil, civilized, complaisance, complaisant, courteous, courtly, decent, delicate, fair, fair-spoken, fine, friendly, genial, gentle, good natured, handsome, kind, kindly, light, mild, nice, pet, pleasant, polite, poppet, pretty, refreshing, smooth, soft, suave, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, urbane), ‏أنيق (bijou, chic, classy, coxcomb, dainty, dapper, dashing, dinky, dressy, elegant, exclusive, fine, gallant, genteel, good looking, 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), ‏رقيق (aerial, affectionate, airy, angelic, bland, bleeding heart, dainty, delicate, feminine, filmy, fine, flimsy, fluffy, fragile, frothy, gauzy, gentle, gingerly, gossamery, hearty, kind hearted, kindly, lovely, mellow, mincing, nice, orchidaceous, pastel, photogenic, piano, quiet, refined, romance, sharp, sloppy, smooth, soft-hearted, suave, subtle, sugary, superfine, tender, tenuous, thin, thinning, tilery, trick, warm, watery), ‏رؤوف (benignant, clement, graceful, merciful). (various references)

Bulgarian 

милостив (accessible to pity, forgiving, good, lenient, merciful, openhearted, sparing), любезен (accommodating, affable, agreeable, amiable, bland, complaisant, courteous, debonair, fair, fair-spoken, friendly, gentle, kind, mellow, nice, obliging, pleasant, polite, smooth, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, soft spoken, urbane, well spoken), благосклонен (agreeable, benevolent, favorable, favourable, friendly, propitious, well disposed), благ (avuncular, benign, benignant, charitable, dovelike, gentle, good tempered, kindly, mild, suave, sweet), приятен (acceptable, agreeable, cheerful, clever, companionable, cozy, darling, easy, engaging, enjoyable, good, grateful, groovy, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, likely, luscious, merry, musical, nice, nice-looking, not unwelcome, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, refreshing, rose colored, rose coloured, sapid, satisfying, savoury, soft, sweet, sympathetic, toothsome, welcome), изискан (accomplished, classic, discerning, distinguished, elegant, exact, exquisite, neat, nice, polished, polite, precise, recherche, refined, tasteful, urbane, well-rounded). (various references)

Chinese 

親切 (amiable, close and dear, cordial, familiar, friendliness, hospitality, intimate, kind), 客�". (various references)

Czech

zdvořilý (civil, civil-spoken, courteous, fair-spoken, polite, respectful, suave, well mannered, well spoken), vlídný (affable, amiable, approachable, benign, cordial, courteous, genial, good, hospitable, kindly, mild, sweet, sweet-tempered), velkorysý (benevolent, big, broad, broadminded, charitable, generous, high minded, liberal, noble-minded, ungrudging, unsparing), pùvabný (appealing, attractive, charming, comely, dainty, graceful, ingratiating, inviting, lightsome, lovely, pleasing, prepossessing, statuesque, winsome), milostivý, milosrdný (merciful), laskavý (affable, amiable, benevolent, benign, benignant, caring, charitable, decent, friendly, gentle, good, kind, kindly, neighborly, obliging, open-hearted, soft), kultivovaný (accomplished, civilized, cultivated, cultured, polite, sophisticated), jemný (bland, dainty, delicate, fine, gentle, graceful, light, milky, nice, silken, silky, soft, suave, subtle, superfine, sweet, tender, tenuous, thin, wispy), dobrotivý. (various references)

Farsi 

فیض بخش (Exuberant), مهربان (Affable, Amiable, Benign, Blithe, Charitable, Clement, Comkpliant, Gentle, Good, Humane, Kind, Kindly, Meek, Mellow, Merciful, Mild, Open, Soft, Tenderminded), مطبوع دارای لطف , توفیق دهنده , زیردست نواز, خیرخواه (Propitious), خوشایند (Welcome), رءوف (Clement), دلپذیر (Amiable, Graceful, Handsome, Kindly, Lief, Lovely, Luscious, Mellow, Melodious, Nice, Palatable, Scrumptious), بخشنده (Bounteous, Donor, Generous, Indulgent, Merciful). (various references)

Finnish

armollinen (merciful). (various references)

French

gracieux (graceful), plein de grâce, chic (well groomed), élégant (graceful). (various references)

German

gnädig (advantageous, favourable, graciously, kind, lenient, merciful, mercifully, propitious, propitiously), gütig (affectionate, amicable, benevolent, benign, benignly, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, friendly, generous, good, kind, kind hearted, kindhearted, kindly, nice, okay). (various references)

Greek 

πρόσχαρος (genial), ευγενικόσ (amiable, civil, complaisant, considerate, courteous, courtly, genteel, kind, mannerly, polite, urbane), ευγενήσ (civil, courteous, courtly, debonair, gallant, genteel, gentle, gentlemanly, kindly, ladylike, nobble, nobleman, patrician, polite, soulful, thoroughbred, urbane, well mannered), ελεήμων (eleemosynary). (various references)

Hebrew 

ע�"ין (as yet, dainty, delicate, elegant, fine, gentle, mild, noble, not yet, slender, soft, still, subtle, tender, yet), א�"יב (affable, civil, courteous, gallant, genial, kind, kindly, mannerly, obliging, polite, suave, well mannered), ח� ון (compassionate, merciful), רב חס�". (various references)

Hungarian

szívélyes (complacent, complaisant, cordial, genial, good natured, good tempered, good-tempered, hearty, obliging, open armed, to meet with a warm reception, warm, warm-hearted, well disposed, wholehearted), kegyes (benignant, large, lenient, pious, propitious), bájos (attractive, catchy, charming, comely, cunning, engaging, graceful, lovely, sweet). (various references)

Indonesian

sangat ramah, copot (broken off, dislodged). (various references)

Italian

grazioso (affable, bonny, charming, dinky, friendly, good-natured, graceful, kind, lovable, lovely, neat, nice, pleasant, pretty, sweet), gentile (affable, bland, charming, civil, courteous, decent, fair, genteel, gentile, gentle, kind, kindly, likable, mild, nice, obliging, polite, tender, thoughtful), misericordioso (charitable, lenient, merciful, mercifully), cortese (accommodating, affable, bland, complaisant, courteous, friendly, good-natured, kind, mannerly, neighborly, neighbourly, obliging, polite, respectful, urbane, well-mannered), condiscendente (acquiescent, condescending, yielding), benevolo (affable, benevolent, benign, benignant, charitable, friendly, good-natured, humane, kind, kindly), affabile (affable, amiable, condescending, debonair, fair, good humoured, good-humored, kindly, obliging). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

優渥 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ゆうあく. (various references)

Korean 

자비로운 (Benign, Charitable, Compassionate). (various references)

Norwegian

nådig, elskverdig. (various references)

Pig Latin

aciousgray.(various references)

Portuguese

gracioso (airy, beautiful, benign, canny, comely, dainty, elegant, goodly, graceful, handsome, jimp, lightsome, lovely, seemly, slender, slim, well-turned, willowy, witty), indulgente (broad-minded, charitable, delicate, forgiving, indulgent, large-minded, yielding), cortez, benevolente (benevolent), atencioso (attentive, considerate, courteous, deferent, deferential, dutiful, gallant, kind, neighborly, neighbourly, obliging, regardful, respectful), am�vel (hearty), agrad�vel (grate, grateful, halcyon, hoped-for), af�vel. (various references)

Romanian

milostiv (forgiving, generous, merciful), liber (at a loose end, at large, at leisure, autonomous, available, bast, bondless, clear, disengaged, easily, empty, fetterless, free, go-as-you-please, gratis, informal, leisured, loose, loosely, naked, odd, off, off duty, open, smooth, spontaneous, unchecked, uncombined, unconstrained, unengaged, unhampered, unhindered, unoccupied, unreserved, vacant, void), condescendent (condescending), binevoitor (amiable, benevolent, benignant, bland, charitable, condescending, favorable, favourable, friendly, genial, genteel, gentle, good, good natured, humane, kind, kindly, lithe, nice, propitious, ungrudging, well disposed, well meaning, well wisher, yielding), amabil (affable, agreeable, amiable, amiably, bland, considerate, courteous, decent, endearing, fair, favorable, favourable, genial, good natured, good tempered, kind, kindly, lovable, obliging, obligingly, polite, politely, sweet-tempered), îngãduitor (compliant, facile, indulgent, kind, lenient, patient, tolerant, yielding), îndurãtor (merciful, mercifully). (various references)

Russian 

снисходительный (condescending, forgiving, indulgent, lenient), милостивый (benign, benignant), любезный (affable, good, gracios, nice, obliging), добрый (beneficent, big-hearted, genial, gentle, good, good hearted, good natured, kind, kindhearted, kind-hearted, kindly, open-hearted, tenderhearted, tender-hearted, warm-hearted). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

milostiv (merciful), elegantan (classy, dressy, elegant, fancy, smart, snappy, swank), blagotvoran (beneficent, beneficial, demulcent, kindly, sanatory), blažen (beatific, beatifical, blessed, blissful). (various references)

Spanish

cortés (attentive, civil, complaisant, courteous, courtly, debonair, gallant, genteel, mannerly, polite, suave, urbane, well bred, well mannered, well-mannered). (various references)

Swedish

nådig (merciful), älskvärd (affable, amiable, complaisant, debonair, endearing, good humoured, good-humored, kind, winsome). (various references)

Thai

ซึ่งมีมารยาท (mincing). (various references)

Turkish

zevkli (decorous, delightful, easy, enjoyable, fun, pleasurable, select, tasteful, tasty, zestful), zarif (canny, classy, clever, courtly, dainty, Dandy, dandyish, dinky, dressy, elegant, go-go, graceful, natty, neat, pretty, pulchritudinous, recherche, sharp, stylish, sylphish, sylphlike, sylphy), yardımsever (benevolent, caring, charitable, friendly, helpful, humanist, humanitarian, kind, kindly, obliging, public-spirited, well disposed), nazik (affable, attentive, brittle, civil, civilized, civil-spoken, complaisant, considerate, courteous, dainty, debonair, debonaire, decent, delicate, distingue, Douce, eggshell, exquisite, fair, genteel, gentle, kid glove, kind, mannerly, mild, obliging, parliamentary, polished, polite, suave, sweet-natured, tender, ticklish, tickly, touchy, trickish, tricky, urbane, well disposed), merhametli (benignant, charitable, christian, Clement, compassionate, lenient, merciful, pitiful, pitying, propitious, samaritan, softhearted, tenderhearted), kerim, iyi niyetli (bona fide, do gooder, favorable, favourable, pure-minded, spleenless, well disposed, well intentioned, well meaning, well-meant), ince (attenuate, attic, brittle, civilized, courteous, dainty, delicate, fine, fragile, graceful, gracile, keen, lean, nice, polite, precision, refined, scarious, sharp, slender, slim, subtile, subtle, sylphish, sylphlike, sylphy, tenuous, thin, trickish, tricksy, tricky, urbane, vaporous), cana yakın (amiable, approachable, congenial, conversable, forthcoming, friendly, genial, hail-fellow-well-met, lovable, personable, sympathetic, warmhearted, warm-hearted), bağışlayıcı (forgiving, magnanimous, merciful, propitious). (various references)

Ukrainian

вибачливий (apologetic, apologetical), милостивий (benefic, benign, charitable, merciful, propitious), боже (god bless me, heavens), батечку, благодійний (boon, non-profit, wholesome), поблажливий (easy, forgiving, indulgent, large-hearted, lenient, mild, permissive). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thanh thanh (gracile, slimmish), tử tế từ bi, nhân từ; độ lượng, lịch sự có lòng tốt. (various references)

Welsh

grasol, graslon (full of grace), tirion (benign, bland, gentle, kind, tender), rhadlon (genial, kind). (various references)

eucharis, gratuita, pius, propitius. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words beginning with "gracious": graciously, graciousness, graciousnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "gracious": ungracious. (additional references)

Words containing "gracious": ungraciously, ungraciousness, ungraciousnesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Gracious" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: egrecious, Gerasimos, gracieux, Graciosa, gracioso, graciosos, gradious, Gradius, graious, granicus, gratious, gravious, grecious, gregious, grevious, grisiau. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: carious, cougars, curiosa, giaours.

-2 letters: cargos, cigars, corgis, cougar, curios, giaour, guacos, guiros, orgiac, rugosa, scoria, souari, soucar.

-3 letters: agios, arcus, argus, auric, auris, cargo, cigar, coirs, corgi, coria, crags, curia, curio, gaurs, giros, guaco, guars, guiro, orcas, orgic, ragis, scaur, scour, scrag, sugar.

-4 letters: agio, airs, arco, arcs, asci, cars, ciao, cigs, cogs.

+1 letter: carousing.

+2 letters: discourage, glycosuria, graciously, ungracious.

+3 letters: coruscating, discouraged, discourager, discourages, glycosurias, nonsurgical, oversaucing, surrogacies.

+4 letters: argillaceous, corrugations, cryosurgical, discouragers, discouraging, gesticulator, graciousness, postsurgical, roughcasting, sacrilegious, submicrogram, sugarcoating, superorganic, ungraciously.

+5 letters: cartilaginous, chemosurgical, clearinghouse, compurgations, cotransducing, counterimages, gastrocnemius, gesticulators, gesticulatory, glucuronidase, microsurgical, multiorgasmic, neurosurgical, subcategories, subcategorize, undercoatings, undiscouraged.