"gracious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/ Audio: en-us-gracious.ogg [US] Forms: more gracious [comparative], most gracious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native Old English hold (“gracious”). Doublet of gracioso and grazioso. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷerH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|gracious}} Middle English gracious, {{der|en|fro|gracieus}} Old French gracieus, {{der|en|la|gratiosus}} Latin gratiosus, {{m|la|gratia||esteem, favor}} gratia (“esteem, favor”), {{m|en|grace}} grace, {{cog|ang|hold||gracious}} Old English hold (“gracious”), {{doublet|en|gracioso|grazioso}} Doublet of gracioso and grazioso Head templates: {{en-adj}} gracious (comparative more gracious, superlative most gracious)
  1. kind and warmly courteous Translations (kind and warmly courteous): любезен (ljubezen) (Bulgarian), милостив (milostiv) (Bulgarian), снизходителен (snizhoditelen) (Bulgarian), ystävällinen (Finnish), kohtelias (Finnish), suopea (Finnish), gütig (German), liebenswürdig (German), freundlich (German), kedves (Hungarian), szíves (Hungarian), jóságos (Hungarian), nyájas (Hungarian), barátságos (Hungarian), szívélyes (Hungarian), tapintatos (Hungarian), udvarias (Hungarian), könyörületes (Hungarian), irgalmas (Hungarian), jóindulatú (Hungarian), jószívű (Hungarian), elnéző (Hungarian), engedékeny (Hungarian), bájos (Hungarian), kecses (Hungarian), tetszetős (Hungarian), előkelő (Hungarian), elragadó (Hungarian), kegyelmes (Hungarian), kegyes (Hungarian), jóakaratú (Hungarian), nagylelkű (Hungarian), indulgema (Ido), cōmis (Latin), dilovan (Northern Kurdish), qenc (Northern Kurdish), xweşmirov (Northern Kurdish), بخشنده (baxšande) (Persian), مهربان (mehrabân) (Persian), miłościwy (Polish), łaskawy (Polish), dobrotliwy (Polish), indulgent (Romanian), îngăduitor (Romanian), nådig (Swedish), merhametli (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-gracious-en-adj-kcSQ3Vb~ Disambiguation of 'kind and warmly courteous': 83 4 0 3 0 0 5 4
  2. tactful
    Sense id: en-gracious-en-adj-3tSzo2s1
  3. compassionate Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-gracious-en-adj-Iu0KZQG4 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 33 20 19 0 10 3 15
  4. indulgent, charming and graceful
    Sense id: en-gracious-en-adj-xgmFFzgw
  5. elegant and with good taste
    Sense id: en-gracious-en-adj-OrTXgo~C
  6. benignant
    Sense id: en-gracious-en-adj-1ftfetuk
  7. full of grace
    Sense id: en-gracious-en-adj-nKID5S3n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 19 1 16 1 0 31 11 9 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 1 7 1 0 14 8 5 0 1 3 4 9 15 6 10
  8. magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint, benevolently declining to raise controversy or insist on possible prerogatives.
    Sense id: en-gracious-en-adj-yWmjKHOK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gratious [obsolete] Derived forms: graciousness, graciously Related terms: graceful

Interjection

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/ Audio: en-us-gracious.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native Old English hold (“gracious”). Doublet of gracioso and grazioso. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷerH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|gracious}} Middle English gracious, {{der|en|fro|gracieus}} Old French gracieus, {{der|en|la|gratiosus}} Latin gratiosus, {{m|la|gratia||esteem, favor}} gratia (“esteem, favor”), {{m|en|grace}} grace, {{cog|ang|hold||gracious}} Old English hold (“gracious”), {{doublet|en|gracioso|grazioso}} Doublet of gracioso and grazioso Head templates: {{en-interj}} gracious
  1. Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration. Synonyms (expression of surprise): wow Derived forms: good gracious, goodness gracious, goodness gracious me, oh my goodness gracious
    Sense id: en-gracious-en-intj-DEaVr6K3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gratious [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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