genteel 音标拼音: [dʒɛnt'il]
a . 有教养的,上流的,优雅的
有教养的,上流的,优雅的
genteel adj 1 :
marked by refinement in taste and manners ; "
cultivated speech "; "
cultured Bostonians "; "
cultured tastes "; "
a genteel old lady "; "
polite society " [
synonym : {
civilized },
{
civilised }, {
cultivated }, {
cultured }, {
genteel },
{
polite }]
Genteel \
Gen *
teel "\,
a . [
F .
gentil noble ,
pretty ,
graceful .
See {
Gentle }.]
1 .
Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded as belonging to high birth and breeding ;
free from vulgarity ,
or lowness of taste or behavior ;
adapted to a refined or cultivated taste ;
polite ;
well -
bred ;
as ,
genteel company ,
manners ,
address .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Graceful in mien or form ;
elegant in appearance ,
dress ,
or manner ;
as ,
the lady has a genteel person .
Law .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman ;
as ,
to live in a genteel allowance .
Syn :
Polite ;
well -
bred ;
refined ;
polished .
[
1913 Webster ]
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "
genteel ":
Victorian ,
affected ,
appropriate ,
aristocratic ,
artificial ,
becoming ,
blue -
blooded ,
braw ,
cavalier ,
chic ,
chivalrous ,
civil ,
classy ,
clothes -
conscious ,
confined ,
cosmopolitan ,
county ,
courteous ,
courtly ,
cultivated ,
cultured ,
dapper ,
dashing ,
debonair ,
decent ,
decorous ,
distingue ,
dressed to advantage ,
dressed to kill ,
ducal ,
elegant ,
exalted ,
exquisite ,
fashionable ,
felicitous ,
fitting ,
formal ,
gentle ,
gentlemanlike ,
gentlemanly ,
graceful ,
gracious ,
happy ,
high ,
high -
class ,
highbred ,
insular ,
intolerant ,
jaunty ,
kinglike ,
kingly ,
knightly ,
la -
di -
da ,
ladylike ,
mannered ,
mannerly ,
meet ,
mincing ,
narrow ,
natty ,
neat ,
nifty ,
nobby ,
noble ,
of gentle blood ,
of rank ,
overdone ,
parochial ,
patrician ,
polished ,
polite ,
pompous ,
posh ,
pretentious ,
prig ,
priggish ,
princelike ,
princely ,
prissy ,
proper ,
provincial ,
prudish ,
puritanical ,
putting on airs ,
queenlike ,
queenly ,
quite the lady ,
recherche ,
refined ,
respectable ,
right ,
ritzy ,
royal ,
seemly ,
sharp ,
silk -
stocking ,
sleek ,
smart ,
smug ,
snazzy ,
soigne ,
soignee ,
sophisticated ,
spiffy ,
spruce ,
stilted ,
straitlaced ,
stuffy ,
style -
conscious ,
stylish ,
suave ,
suitable ,
swank ,
swanky ,
swell ,
thoroughbred ,
titled ,
tony ,
too -
too ,
tricksy ,
trig ,
trim ,
uncharitable ,
unnatural ,
upper crust ,
urbane ,
well -
behaved ,
well -
bred ,
well -
brought -
up ,
well -
dressed ,
well -
groomed ,
well -
mannered
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