well-meant
well-meant adjective: having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences.
Adjective
well-meant (comparative more well-meant, superlative most well-meant)
- Having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences.
- When a loved aunt has sweated herself to the bone trying to save her god-child from the clutches of a New York playboy and learns that all her well-meant efforts have gone blue on her, it's only natural for her late brother's son to shudder in sympathy.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- well-intentioned
well-meant meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Persian
well-meant in Tamil
- நல்லெண்ணத்துடன் சொல்லப்பட்ட, நல்லெண்ணத்துடன் செய்யப்பட்ட
well-meant in Kannada
- ಭರವಸೆಯಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ, ಸದುದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ
well-meant in Persian
- having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences
- خوش نیت
Synonyms of well-meant
Forms of well-meant
| comparative | more well-meant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most well-meant |
Questions about well-meant
- What does well-meant mean?
- Well-meant means having good intentions, even if resulting in unfortunate consequences.
- What is well-meant in Tamil?
- Well-meant in Tamil is நல்லெண்ணத்துடன் சொல்லப்பட்ட, நல்லெண்ணத்துடன் செய்யப்பட்ட. See Well-meant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is well-meant?
- Well-meant is an adjective.
Words near well-meant in the dictionary
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