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#894. Courtesy. -- N. courtesy

• respect

• good manners

• good

• behavior

• good breeding

• manners

• politeness

• bienseance

• urbanity

• comity

• gentility

• breeding

• polish

• presence

• civility

• civilization

• amenity

• suavity

• good temper

• good humor

• amiability

• easy

• temper

• complacency

• soft tongue

• mansuetude

• condescension

• 87

• affability

• complaisance

• pr_venance

• gallantry

• pink

• of politeness

• pink of courtesy

• compliment

• fair words

• soft words

• sweet words

• honeyed phrases

• ceremonial

• salutation

• reception

• presentation

• introduction

• greeting

• recognition

• welcome

• abord|

• respects

• devoir

• regards

• remembrances

• kind regards

• kind remembrances

• love

• best love

• duty

• empty encomium

• flattering remark

• hollow commendation

• salaams

• obeisance

• bow

• courtesy

• curtsy

• scrape

• salaam

• kowtow

• bowing and scraping

• kneeling

• genuflection

• (worship) 990

• obsequiousness

• capping

• shaking hands

• grip

• of the hand

• embrace

• hug

• squeeze

• accolade

• loving cup

• vin

• pledge

• love token

• kiss

• buss

• salute

• mark of recognition

• nod

• "nods and becks and wreathed smiles"

• [Milton]

• valediction

• condolence

• V. be courteous

• show courtesy

• mind one's P's and Q's

• behave oneself

• be all things to all men

• conciliate

• speak one fair

• take in good part

• make the amiable

• do the

• amiable

• look as if butter would not melt in one's mouth

• mend one's

• manners

• receive

• do the honors

• usher

• greet

• hail

• bid welcome

• welcome

• welcome with open arms

• shake hands

• hold out the hand

• press the hand

• squeeze the hand

• press the flesh

• bid Godspeed

• speed the parting guest;

• cheer

• serenade

• salute

• embrace

• kiss

• kiss hands

• drink to

• pledge

• move to

• nod to

• smile upon

• uncover

• cap

• touch the hat

• take off the hat

• doff the cap

• present

• arms

• make way for

• bow

• make one's bow

• make a leg

• scrape

• curtsy

• courtesy

• bob a curtsy

• bob a courtesy

• kneel

• bow the knee

• bend the knee

• visit

• wait upon

• present oneself

• pay one's respects

• pay a visit

• (sociability) 8

• dance attendance on

• pay attentions

• to

• do homage to

• prostrate oneself

• give one's duty to

• send one's duty to

• render polite

• polish

• civilize

• humanize

• Adj. courteous

• polite

• civil

• mannerly

• urbane

• well-behaved

• well-

• mannered

• well-bred

• well-brought up

• good-mannered

• polished

• civilized

• cultivated

• refined

• gentlemanlike

• gallant

• on one's good behavior

• fine spoken

• fair spoken

• soft-spoken

• honey-mouthed

• honey-tongued;

• oily

• bland

• obliging

• conciliatory

• complaisant

• complacent

• obsequious

• ingratiating

• winning

• gentle

• mild

• good-humored

• cordial

• gracious

• affable

• familiar

• neighborly

• diplomatic

• tactful

• politic

• artful

• Adv. courteously

• with a good grace

• with open arms

• with

• outstretched arms

• in good

• humor

• Int. hail! welcome! well met! ave! all hail! good day

• good morrow!

• Godspeed! pax vobiscum[Lat]! may your shadow never be less!

• "the very pink of

• courtesy" [Romeo and Juliet]

#895. Discourtesy.-- N. discourtesy;ill breeding

• ill manners

• bad

• manners

• ungainly manners

• uncourteousness

• rusticity

• illiberality

• disrespect

• impudence

• barbarism

• barbarity;

• misbehavior

• brutality

• conduct unbecoming a

• gentleman

• grossieret_

• vulgarity

• churlishness

• perversity

• moroseness

• (sullenness) 901a. sternness

• austerity

• captiousness

• cynicism

• tartness

• acrimony

• acerbity

• virulence

• asperity

• scowl

• black looks

• frown

• short answer

• rebuff

• hard words

• contumely

• unparliamentary language

• personality

• bear

• bruin

• brute

• blackguard

• beast

• frump

• saucebox

• crooked stick

• grizzly

• V. be -rude

• insult

• treat with discourtesy

• take a

• name in vain

• make bold with

• make free with

• take a liberty

• stare out of

• countenance

• ogle

• point at

• put to the blush

• cut

• turn one's back upon

• turn on one's heel

• give the cold shoulder;

• keep at a distance

• keep at arm's length

• look cool upon

• look coldly upon

• look black upon

• show the door to

• send away with a flea in the ear

• lose one's temper

• sulk

• frown

• scowl

• glower

• pout

• snap

• snarl

• growl

• render rude

• brutalize

• Adj. discourteous

• ill-bred

• ill-

• mannered

• ill-behaved

• ill-conditioned

• unbred

• unmannerly

• unmannered;

• impolite

• unpolished

• uncivilized

• ungenteel

• ungentleman-

• like

• ungentlemanly

• unladylike

• blackguard

• vulgar

• foul-mouthed foul-spoken

• abusive

• uncivil

• ungracious

• unceremonious

• cool

• pert

• forward

• obtrusive

• impudent

• rude

• saucy

• precocious

• repulsive

• unaccommodating

• unneighborly

• ungallant

• ungentle

• ungainly

• rough

• rugged

• bluff

• blunt

• gruff

• churlish

• boorish

• bearish

• brutal

• brusque

• stern

• harsh

• austere

• cavalier

• taint

• sour

• crabbed

• sharp

• short

• trenchant

• sarcastic

• biting

• doggish

• caustic

• virulent

• bitter

• acrimonious

• venomous

• contumelious;

• snarling

• surly

• surly as a bear

• perverse

• grim

• sullen

• peevish

• untactful

• impolitic

• undiplomatic

• artless

• Adv. discourteously

• with discourtesy

• with a bad

• grace

#896. Congratulation. -- N. congratulation

• felicitation

• salute

• condolence

• compliments of the

• season

• V. congratulate

• felicitate

• give one joy

• wish one

• joy

• compliment

• tender one's congratulations

• offer one's congratulations;

• wish many happy returns of the day

• wish a merry Christmas and a happy new

• year

• praise,laud (commendation) 931

• congratulate oneself

• Adj. congratulatory

• Phr. "I wish you all the joy that you can wish" [Merchant of

• Venice]

• best wishes

#897. Love. -- N. love

• fondness

• liking

• inclination

• (desire)

• regard

• dilection|

• admiration

• fancy

• affection

• sympathy

• fellow-feeling

• tenderness

• heart

• brotherly love

• benevolence

• attachment

• yearning

•  

• tender passion

• amour

• gallantry

• passion

• flame

• devotion

• fervor

• enthusiasm

• transport of love

• rapture

• enchantment

• infatuation

• adoration

• idolatry

• Cupid

• Venus

• myrtle

• true lover's knot

• love token

• love suit

• love

• affair

• love tale

• love story

• the

• old story

• plighted love

• courtship

• 90

• free love

• maternal love

• [Grk]

• parental love

• young love

• puppy

• love

• attractiveness

• popularity

• favorite

• lover

• suitor

• follower

• admirer

• adorer

• wooer

• beau

• sweetheart

• inamorato[It]

• swain

• young man

• flame

• love

• truelove;

• Lothario

• gallant

• paramour

• cavaliere

• servente[It]

• captive

• caro sposo[It]

• inamorata

• ladylove

• idol

• darling

• duck

• Dulcinea

• angel

• goddess

• cara sposa[It]

• betrothed

• affianced

• fiancee

• flirt

• coquette

• pair of turtledoves

• abode of love

• V. love

• like

• affect

• fancy

• care for

• take an interest in

• be

• partial to

• sympathize with

• affection

• be in love

• have a

• love

• entertain a love

• harbor cherish a love

• for

• regard

• revere

• take to

• bear love to

• be wedded to

• set one's

• affections on

• make much of

• feast one's eyes on

• hold dear

• prize

• hug

• cling to

• cherish

• pet

• burn

• adore

• idolize

• love to distraction

• dote

• on

• dote upon

• take a fancy to

• look sweet upon

• become enamored

• fall in love with

• lose one's heart

• desire

• excite love

• win the heart

• gain the heart

• win the affections

• gain

• the affections

• secure the love

• engage the affections

• take the fancy of

• have a place in the heart

• wind round the heart

• attract

• attach

• endear

• charm

• fascinate

• captivate

• bewitch

• seduce

• enamor

• enrapture

• turn the

• head

• get into favor

• ingratiate oneself

• insinuate oneself

• worm oneself;

• propitiate

• curry favor with

• pay one's court to

• set

• one's cap at

• flirt

• Adj. loving

• fond of

• taken with

• struck with

• smitten

• bitten;

• attached to

• wedded to

• enamored

• charmed

• in love

• love-sick

• over

• head and ears in love

• head over heels in love

• affectionate

• tender

• sweet upon

• sympathetic

• loving

• amorous

• amatory

• fond

• erotic

• uxorious

• ardent

• passionate

• rapturous

• devoted

• motherly

• loved

• dearly beloved

• dear

• precious

• darling

• pet

• little

• favorite

• popular

• congenial

• after one's mind

• after one's taste

• after one's fancy

• after one's own heart

• to one's mind

• to one's taste

• to one's fancy

• to

• one's own heart

• in one's good graces

• dear as the apple of one's

• eye

• nearest to one's heart

• lovable

• adorable

• lovely

• sweet

• attractive

• seductive

• winning;

• charming

• engaging

• interesting

• enchanting

• captivating

• fascinating

• bewitching

• amiable

• like an angel

• Phr. amantes amentes [Lat][Terence]

• credula res amor est [Lat][Ovid];

• militat omnis amasius [Lat][Ovid]

• love conquers all

• omnia vincit amor

• [Lat][Vergil]

• "the sweetest joy

• the wildest woe" [Bailey]

#898. Hate. -- N. hate

• hatred

• vials of hate

• disaffection

• disfavor

• alienation

• estrangement

• coolness

• enmity

• 88

• animosity

• umbrage

• pique

• grudge

• dudgeon

• spleen bitterness

• bitterness of

• feeling

• ill blood

• bad blood

• acrimony

• malice

• implacability

• (revenge) 919

• repugnance

• misanthropy

• odium

• unpopularity

• detestation

• antipathy

• object of hatred

• object of execration

• abomination

• aversion

• bete noire

• enemy

• bitter pill

• source of annoyance

• V. hate

• detest

• abominate

• abhor

• loathe

• recoil at

• shudder at;

• shrink from

• view with horror

• hold in abomination

• revolt against

• execrate;scowl

• disrelish

• owe a grudge

• bear spleen

• bear a grudge

• bear malice

• (malevolence) 90

• conceive an aversion to

• take a dislike to

• excite hatred

• provoke hatred

• be hateful

• stink in

• the nostrils

• estrange

• alienate

• repel

• set against

• sow dissension

• set

• by the ears

• envenom

• incense

• irritate

• rile

• horrify

• roil

• Adj. hating

• abhorrent

• averse from

• set

• against

• bitter

• unloved

• unbeloved

• unlamented

• undeplored

• uncared for

• un-valued

• disliked

• crossed in love

• forsaken

• rejected

• lovelorn

• jilted

• obnoxious

• hateful

• odious

• abominable

• repulsive

• offensive

• shocking

• disgusting

• reprehensible

• invidious

• spiteful

• malicious

• insulting

• irritating

• provoking

• at daggers drawn[Mutual hate]

• not on speaking terms

• 88

• at loggerheads

• Phr. no love lost between

#899. Favorite. -- N. favorite

• pet

• cosset

• minion

• idol

• jewel

• spoiled child

• led captain

• crony

• fondling

• apple of

• one's eye

• man after one's own heart

• persona grata

• love[person who is a favorite (terms of address)]

• dear

• darling

• duck

• duckey

• honey

• sugar

• jewel

• moppet

• princess;

• sweetheart

• sweetie

• teacher's pet

• general favorite

• universal favorite

• idol of the people