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genialadjective having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situationsa genial host who makes a point of speaking personally to each and every guest affable, agreeable, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, mellow, nice, pleasant, sweet, well-disposed amicable, clever(dialect), cordial, friendly, neighborlybenign, gentle, kindcheerful, cheery, glad(archaic), sunnycompanionable, conversable, sociablecivil, considerate, courteous, polite, thoughtfulaccommodating, amenable, obligingattractive, delightful, enjoyable, likable(or likeable) disagreeable, ill-natured, ill-tempered, unamiable, ungenial, ungracious, unpleasant boorish, discourteous, ill-mannered, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, surly, uncivil, unkind, unmannerly, unsociablebearish, bilious, cantankerous, choleric, churlish, crabby, cranky, dyspeptic, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-humored, irascible, irritable, peevish, petulant, quick-tempered, snappish, testy, touchyargumentative, contentious, contrary, ornery, querulousunappealing, unattractivesour, vinegary having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interestgenial new neighbors who helped us unpack boxes and brought us dinner our first night in the new place amicable, bonhomous, buddy-buddy, chummy, collegial, companionable, comradely, cordial, friendly, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, matey(chiefly British), neighborly, palsy, palsy-walsy(slang), warm, warmhearted affable, agreeable, approachable, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, nice, sweetclubby, convivial, folksy, gregarious, hospitable, sociable, socialjolly, jovial, merryextroverted(also extraverted), outgoingbrotherly, fraternal, sisterlyclose, familiar, intimateadoring, affectionate, devoted, fond, lovesome, loving, tender, tenderhearted antagonistic, hostile, unfriendly alienated, estrangedchilly, cold, cold-blooded, cool, frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, wintry(also wintery)unsociable, unsocialaggressive, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculentinhospitable, inimical showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situationshis genial offer to give me his seat on the bus affable, cordial, gracious, hospitable, sociable agreeable, amiable, benign, benignant, congenial, convivial, friendly, kind, kindly, neighborlyaccommodating, obligingconsiderate, courteous, polite, thoughtfulcosmopolitan, sophisticated, urbaneapproachable, attentive, outgoing inhospitable, ungenial, ungracious, unsociable boorish, churlishabrupt, blunt, brusque(also brusk), curt, gruff, sharp, snippyantisocial, disagreeable, discourteous, ill-mannered, impolite, rude, sullen, surly, uncivil, unfriendly, unkind, unmannerlycrabbed, crabby, cross, crusty, grumpy marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too lowwanted to move to a more genial clime for health reasons balmy, clement, equable, gentle, mild, moderate, soft, temperate clear, cloudless, fair, rainless, sunny, sunshinycalm, halcyon, peaceful, placid, tranquildelightful, fine, pleasant harsh, inclement, intemperate, severe blustering, blustery, breezy, gusty, rough, squally, stormy, windymisty, rainy, showerybleak, cloudy, dismal, foggy, gloomy, gray(also grey), hazy, overcast, sunlessbitter, dirty, foul, nasty, raw gracious, cordial, affable, genial, sociable mean markedly pleasant and easy in social intercourse.gracious implies courtesy and kindly consideration.the gracious award winner thanked her colleagues cordial stresses warmth and heartiness.our host was cordial as he greeted us affable implies easy approachability and readiness to respond pleasantly to conversation or requests or proposals.though wealthy, she was affable to all genial stresses cheerfulness and even joviality.a genial companion with a ready quip sociable suggests a genuine liking for the companionship of others.sociable people who enjoy entertaining ca. 1547 |