adj
Meaning 1
Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She is a graceful dancer.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: airy
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
graceful
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Magnanimous, lacking arrogance or complaint; gracious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The athlete's graceful acceptance of the controversial second-place finish won the admiration of the spectators.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Gradual and non-disruptive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: awkward
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elegant, refined
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English graceful. By surface analysis, grace + -ful.
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: رَشِيق (rašīq) — showing grace
- Arabic: ظَرِيف (ẓarīf) — showing grace
- Arabic: لَطِيف (laṭīf) — showing grace
- Arabic: صُبَاح (ṣubāḥ) — showing grace
- Arabic: وَسِيم (wasīm) — showing grace
- Bulgarian: грацио́зен (graciózen) — showing grace
- Bulgarian: елега́нтен (elegánten) — showing grace
- Catalan: gràcil — showing grace
- Catalan: graciós — showing grace
- Chinese Mandarin: 優雅 /优雅 (yōuyǎ) — showing grace
- Chinese Mandarin: 優美 /优美 (yōuměi) — showing grace
- Czech: elegantní — showing grace
- Dutch: elegant — showing grace
- Dutch: gracieus — showing grace
- Dutch: sierlijk — showing grace
- Esperanto: gracia — showing grace
- Estonian: graatsiline — showing grace
- Estonian: solge — showing grace
- Finnish: sulava — showing grace
- Finnish: sulavaliikkeinen — showing grace
- Finnish: viehättävä — showing grace
- Finnish: viehkeä — showing grace
- Finnish: komea — showing grace
- Finnish: kaunis — showing grace
- Finnish: upea — showing grace
- Finnish: uljas — showing grace
- French: gracieux — showing grace
- German: anmutig — showing grace
- German: ansprechend — showing grace
- German: elegant — showing grace
- German: graziös — showing grace
- German: reizend — showing grace
- German: zierlich — showing grace
- German: huldreich — showing grace
- Greek: χαριτωμένος (charitoménos) — showing grace
- Greek: εύχαρις (éfcharis) — showing grace
- Ancient Greek: ἁβρός (habrós) — showing grace
- Hindi: शोभनीय (śobhnīya) — showing grace
- Hungarian: méltóságteljes — showing grace
- Irish: spéiriúil — showing grace
- Italian: elegante — showing grace
- Italian: aggraziato — showing grace
- Italian: leggiadro — showing grace
- Italian: bello — showing grace
- Japanese: 優雅 (yūga) — showing grace
- Japanese: 淑やか (shitoyaka) — showing grace
- Central Kurdish: لارولەنج (larulenc) — showing grace
- Ladino: grasiozo — showing grace
- Ladino: henozo — showing grace
- Macedonian: грацио́зен (graciózen) — showing grace
- Macedonian: елега́нтен (elegánten) — showing grace
- Māori: huatau — showing grace
- Persian: باوقار (bâ-vaqâr) — showing grace
- Polish: pełen wdzięku — showing grace
- Polish: powabny — showing grace
- Portuguese: gracioso — showing grace
- Russian: грацио́зный (gracióznyj) — showing grace
- Russian: изя́щный (izjáščnyj) — showing grace
- Russian: элега́нтный (elegántnyj) — showing grace
- Scots: gracefu — showing grace
- Scots: elegant — showing grace
- Scots: cumly — showing grace
- Scots: gent — showing grace
- Scots: gymp — showing grace
- Scots: jimp — showing grace
- Scots: gentie — showing grace
- Scots: feat — showing grace
- Serbo-Croatian: graciozan — showing grace
- Serbo-Croatian: elegantan — showing grace
- Serbo-Croatian: ljubak — showing grace
- Spanish: grácil — showing grace
- Spanish: gracioso — showing grace
- Spanish: graciado — showing grace
- Spanish: agraciado — showing grace
- Swedish: behagfull — showing grace
- Swedish: elegant — showing grace
- Swedish: anslående — showing grace
- Swedish: tilltalende — showing grace
- Swedish: förtjusande — showing grace
- Swedish: prydlig — showing grace
- Turkish: ağırbaşlı — showing grace
- Turkish: ince — showing grace
- Turkish: vakur — showing grace
- Turkish: zarif — showing grace
- Ottoman Turkish: نازك (nâzik) — showing grace