Antonyms for good-natured


Grammar : Adj
Spell : good-ney-cherd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʊdˈneɪ tʃərd


Definition of good-natured

Origin :
  • 1570s, from good (adj.) + nature. Good nature "pleasing or kind disposition" is from mid-15c. Related: Good-naturedly.
  • adj easygoing, easily pleased
Example sentences :
  • Mr Verloc gathered everything as it came to his broad, good-natured breast.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • This good-natured fellow's present was highly valuable and useful to me.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • My brother and sister will be at hand with their good-natured constructions.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Let us try to be sensible; let us try to be good-natured; let us try to be fair.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Madame Fressard smiled in a good-natured but rather ironical way.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • It was 'all in the family,' and it was so jolly and good-natured, and that dear old man was so bright.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • He was good-natured, plucky in a hard-headed British way, and gentlemanly.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • "You know, my friend, how good-natured Gerard is," the Countess resumed.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Then he began to laugh and Guillaume realised all the good-natured irony of his laugh.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The people here said that he was the ugliest man, and the most good-natured, that ever lived.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

Synonyms for good-natured

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