Meaning of AMIABLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'eymeeubul
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- [adj] diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"
- [adj] disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson
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| | Synonyms: | | affable, cordial, friendly, genial, good-humored, good-humoured, good-natured |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \A"mi*a*ble\, a. [F. amiable, L. amicabilis friendly,
fr. amicus friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been
influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to
love. Cf. {Amicable}, {Amorous}, {Amability}.]
1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. [Obs. or R.]
So amiable a prospect. --Sir T.
Herbert.
2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper
or mood; amiable ideas.
3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of
temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be
liked; as, an amiable woman.
4. Done out of love. [Obs.]
Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's
wife. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | accommodating, affable, affectionate, agreeable, amicable, approachable, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, bonhomous, brotherly, cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, communicative, companionable, companionate, compatible, complaisant, compliant, congenial, cordial, courteous, decent, desirable, dulcet, easy, easy-natured, en rapport, enjoyable, fair, fair and pleasant, favorable, felicific, felicitous, fine, fit for society, fond of society, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, good-hearted, good-humored, goodly, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, grateful, gratifying, gregarious, harmonious, heart-warming, hearty, honeyed, hospitable, indulgent, kind, kindly, lenient, liberal, likable, mannerly, mellifluous, mellow, mild, neighborlike, neighborly, nice, obliging, open, openhearted, overindulgent, overpermissive, peaceable, permissive, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasureful, pleasure-giving, receptive, responsive, rewarding, satisfying, simpatico, sisterly, sociable, social, social-minded, sweet, sweet-tempered, sympathique, tractable, unhostile, urbane, warm, warmhearted, welcome, welcoming, well-affected, well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant, well-natured, winning, winsome |
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