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amiable 音标拼音: ['emiəbəl] a. 亲切的,和蔼可亲的 亲切的,和蔼可亲的 amiable adj 1: disposed to please; " an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson [ synonym: { amiable}, { good- humored}, { good- humoured}] 2: diffusing warmth and friendliness; " an affable smile"; " an amiable gathering"; " cordial relations"; " a cordial greeting"; " a genial host" [ synonym: { affable}, { amiable}, { cordial}, { genial}] Amiable \ 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.] [ 1913 Webster] So amiable a prospect. -- Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind- heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Done out of love. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford' s wife. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 114 Moby Thesaurus words for " amiable": 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, good- natured, good- tempered, goodly, 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, pleasure- giving, pleasureful, 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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