Definitions for gracious

gracious gra·cious

Spelling: [grey-shuh s]
IPA: /ˈgreɪ ʃəs/

Gracious is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 316 anagrams from letters in gracious (acgiorsu).

Definitions for gracious

adjective

  1. pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
  2. characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, or luxury:
  3. indulgent or beneficent in a pleasantly condescending way, especially to inferiors.
  4. merciful or compassionate:
  5. Obsolete. fortunate or happy.

interjection

  1. (used as an exclamation of surprise, relief, dismay, etc.)

Origin of gracious

1250-1300; Middle English gracious Old French Latin grātiōsus amiable, equivalent to grāti(a) grace + -ōsus -ous

Examples for gracious

"Unless it should be his gracious pleasure to dispense with obedience," replied Artaphernes.

God will bless them, not because they have earned a reward, but because He is merciful and gracious.

It was a gracious touch, a rhetorical olive branch to his vanquished foes.

Steven was gracious enough to do it, and his thoughts were fantastic.

Booklist: “a moving tribute to a very talented family and one gracious woman, in particular[.]”

"I do, gracious one," Bedr responded with businesslike promptness.

Joe was gracious enough to give his permission to let us reprint it here.

I got closer to the Jap than I had ever been before; and by gracious, Linda!

The king was gracious, and thereafter she held his feet at all the banquets.

At his Tucson hacienda he is a gracious host and a good neighbor.

Word Value for gracious
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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