English Explanatory Dictionary

gracious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. kind and warmly courteous
  2. tactful
  3. compassionate
  4. indulgent
  5. benignant
  6. full of grace; graceful; charming; elegant (in appearance, conduct, movement)
  7. magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint, benevolently declining to raise controversy or insist on possible prerogatives.
intj
  1. Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/ en-us-gracious.ogg

Word forms

gracious more gracious most gracious gratious

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.

Synonyms

wow

Related words

graceful

Derived words

graciously graciousness ingracious overgracious ungracious good gracious goodness gracious goodness gracious me gracious me oh my goodness gracious
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