An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
LIKABLE
likable, likeable
(adjective) easy to like; agreeable; “an attractive and likable young man”
sympathetic, appealing, likeable, likable
(adjective) (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; “the sympathetic characters in the play”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
likable (comparative more likable, superlative most likable)
(American spelling) Capable of being liked.
(of a person) Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable.
Synonyms
• amiable
Antonyms
• unlikable
Source: Wiktionary
Lik"a*ble, a.
Definition: Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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