adj
Meaning 1
Having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
good-natured
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɡʊdˈneɪtʃəd/
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adjective
Meaning 2
having an easygoing and cheerful disposition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- too good-natured to resent a little criticism
- the good-natured policeman on our block
- the sounds of good-natured play
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ill-natured
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: дабраду́шны (dabradúšny) — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Belarusian: лаго́дны (lahódny) — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Bulgarian: доброду́шен (dobrodúšen) — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Chinese Mandarin: 善良 (shànliáng) — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Czech: dobrácký — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Dutch: zachtaardig — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Dutch: goedaardig — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Finnish: hyväntahtoinen — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- German: gutmütig — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Ancient Greek: εὔκολος (eúkolos) — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Irish: séimh — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Korean: 착하다 (chakhada) — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Macedonian: добродушен (dobrodušen) — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Polish: dobroduszny — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Polish: arcydobry — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Russian: доброду́шный (dobrodúšnyj) — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Russian: до́брый (dóbryj) — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Serbo-Croatian: dobroćudan — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Slovene: dobrodušen — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Spanish: bonachón — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Ukrainian: доброду́шний (dobrodúšnyj) — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
- Ukrainian: ла́гідний (láhidnyj) — having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition
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