gracious
(adjective) disposed to bestow favors; “thanks to the gracious gods”
courteous, gracious, nice
(adjective) exhibiting courtesy and politeness; “a nice gesture”
gracious
(adjective) characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; “gracious even to unexpected visitors”; “gracious living”; “he bears insult with gracious good humor”
benignant, gracious
(adjective) characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; “our benignant king”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gracious (comparative more gracious, superlative most gracious)
kind and warmly courteous
tactful
compassionate
indulgent, charming and graceful
elegant and with good taste
benignant
full of grace
gracious
expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
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Source: Wiktionary
Gra"cious, a. Etym: [F. gracieux, L. gratiosus. See Grace.]
1. Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty. A god ready to pardon, gracious and merciful. Neh. ix. 17. So hallowed and so gracious in the time. Shak.
2. Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent. Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . . There was not such a gracious creature born. Shak.
3. Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.
Syn.
– Favorable; kind; benevolent; friendly; beneficent; benignant; merciful.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
