Genteel
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English
Adjective
Genteel (comparative more Genteel, superlative most Genteel)
- Polite and well-mannered.
- Stylish or elegant.
- Aristocratic
Adverbs for Genteel
proudly; nobly; aristocratically; inherently; genuinely; truly; admittedly; tenaciously; handsomely; elegantly; impressively; adjectives brave; stripped; plated; penniless; sham; decayed; worked; noticeable.
Verbs for Genteel
bear with—; borrow—; claim—; confute—; convey—; counterfeit—; cultivate—; degrade from—; diffuse—; exhibit—; expel—; patronize—; pursue—; recognize—; reveal —; stand on—; vanquish—; —decays; — enhances; —fades; —graces.
Synonyms for Genteel
polished, polite, well-bred, urbane, refined, cultured, pleasing, graceful, fashionable, well-mannered, elegant, well-behaved, accomplished, courteous, kind, kingly, appropriate, stylish, congenial.
Antonyms for Genteel
rough, gruff, uncultured, unrefined, gross, coarse, dull, stupid, dense, thick, boorish, doleful, severe, sullen, surly, rugged, stern, harsh, stubborn, clownish, rustic, rude, ill-bred, dowdy, ill-mannered, censorious, captious, disagreeable, odious, repulsive, forbidding, repelling, repugnant.
Derived terms
Thesaurus
Victorian, affected, appropriate, aristocratic, artificial, becoming, blue-blooded, braw, cavalier, chic, chivalrous, civil, classy, clothes-conscious, confined, cosmopolitan, county, courteous, courtly, cultivated, cultured, dapper, dashing, debonair, decent, decorous, distingue, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, ducal, elegant, exalted, exquisite, fashionable, felicitous, fitting, formal, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, graceful, gracious, happy, high, high-class, highbred, insular, intolerant, jaunty, kinglike, kingly, knightly, la-di-da, ladylike, mannered, mannerly, meet, mincing, narrow, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, noble, of gentle blood, of rank, overdone, parochial, patrician, polished, polite, pompous, posh, pretentious, prig, priggish, princelike, princely, prissy, proper, provincial, prudish, puritanical, putting on airs, queenlike, queenly, quite the lady, recherche, refined, respectable, right, ritzy, royal, seemly, sharp, silk-stocking, sleek, smart, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy, spruce, stilted, straitlaced, stuffy, style-conscious, stylish, suave, suitable, swank, swanky, swell, thoroughbred, titled, tony, too-too, tricksy, trig, trim, uncharitable, unnatural, upper crust, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-brought-up, well-dressed, well-groomed, well-mannered
Pronunciation
- IPA: /dʒɛn'tiːl/
Etymology
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