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pleasantness
| Main Entry: |
pleasantness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amiability |
| Synonyms: | affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiableness, amity, benevolence, camaraderie, comity, comradery, congeniality, congenialness, conviviality, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, friendship, geniality, genialness, goodwill, kindliness, kindness, neighborliness, open arms, sociability, sociableness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | cordiality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friendliness, sociability |
| Synonyms: | affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, approbation, approval, earnestness, enjoyableness, favor, geniality, gratefulness, heartiness, mutuality, pleasantness, reciprocity, responsiveness, sincerity, sweetness and light, sympathy, understanding, warmth, wholeheartedness |
| Antonyms: | aloofness, coolness, hostility, ill will, indifference, unfriendlines, unsociability |
| Main Entry: | gaiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness, celebration |
| Synonyms: | animation, blitheness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, joie de vivre, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | sadness, solemnity, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | geniality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme niceness |
| Synonyms: | affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiability, cheerfulness, cheeriness, congenialness, conviviality, cordiality, enjoyableness, friendliness, gladness, good cheer, good nature, gratefulness, happiness, heartiness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyousness, kindliness, kindness, mirth, pleasance, pleasantness, sunniness, sweetness and light, warmheartedness, warmth |
| Antonyms: | aloofness, coldness, coolness, irritation, moodiness, unfriendliness, unhappiness |
| Main Entry: | grace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charm, loveliness |
| Synonyms: | address, adroitness, agility, allure, attractiveness, balance, beauty, breeding, comeliness, consideration, cultivation, decency, decorum, dexterity, dignity, ease, elegance, etiquette, finesse, finish, form, gracefulness, lissomeness, lithesomeness, mannerliness, manners, nimbleness, pleasantness, pliancy, poise, polish, propriety, refinement, shapeliness, smoothness, style, suppleness, symmetry, tact, tastefulness |
| Antonyms: | clumsiness, ineptness, tactlessness |
| Main Entry: | propriety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suitableness, appropriateness |
| Synonyms: | accordance, advisability, agreeableness, appositeness, aptness, becomingness, compatibility, concord, congruity, consonance, convenience, correctness, correspondence, decorum, ethicality, expedience, fitness, harmony, justice, legitimacy, meetness, morality, order, pleasantness, properness, recommendability, rectitude, respectability, rightness, seemliness, suitability |
| Antonyms: | immorality, impropriety, inappropriateness, unsuitableness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | sweetness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | figurative sweetness |
| Synonyms: | compassion, consideration, docility, generosity, gentleness, kindness, mildness, pleasantness, unselfishness |
| Main Entry: | sweetness and light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friendliness and harmony |
| Synonyms: | amiability, concord, hearts-and-flowers, love and peace, pleasantness |
| Antonyms: | unpleasantness |
| Main Entry: | affability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amiability |
| Synonyms: | agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiableness, bonhomie, congeniality, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, good-naturedness, graciousness, niceness, pleasantness, sociability, sociableness, warmth |
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