good-natured
/ɡʊdˈneɪtʃəd/
good-natured adjective: having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition.
Adjective
good-natured (comparative more good-natured or better-natured, superlative most good-natured or best-natured)
- Having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition.
- “It is singular,” said the Lady, addressing Warden; “the animal is not only so good-natured to all, but so particularly fond of children.[…]”1820, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John...
- For the people who were shovelling away on the house-tops were jovial and full of glee; calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a facetious snowball—better-natured missile far than many a wordy jest—laughing heartily if it went right, and not less heartily if it...1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Three. The Second of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. […], London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 81
good-natured meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
good-natured in Tamil
- நல்லியல்பான
good-natured in Malayalam
- സരസമായ, പെട്ടെന്നു കോപം വരാത്ത, സ്വഭാവനന്മയുള്ള, സുശീലമായ
Examples of good-natured in a sentence
- Rasmus was a tall, powerful man, with a weather-beaten, furrowed face of a good-natured expression.1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], “Mackerel Trolling”, in H. L. Brækstad, transl., Round the Yule Log. Norwegian...
- However, the immediate howls of outrage from the industry were in many cases less than good-natured.1964 August, “Dr. B lights a pre-election fuse”, in Modern Railways, page 76:
Forms of good-natured
| comparative | more good-natured |
|---|---|
| comparative | better-natured |
| superlative | most good-natured |
| superlative | best-natured |
| alternative form | good natured |
| alternative form | goodnatured |
Words formed from good-natured
Questions about good-natured
- What does good-natured mean?
- Good-natured means having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition.
- What is good-natured in Tamil?
- Good-natured in Tamil is நல்லியல்பான. See Good-natured meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use good-natured in a sentence?
- Rasmus was a tall, powerful man, with a weather-beaten, furrowed face of a good-natured expression.
- What part of speech is good-natured?
- Good-natured is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce good-natured?
- Good-natured is pronounced /ɡʊdˈneɪtʃəd/.
Words near good-natured in the dictionary
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