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Definitions for Genteel

[1] belonging or suited to polite society.
[2] well-bred or refined; polite; elegant; stylish.
[3] affectedly or pretentiously polite, delicate, etc.
[4] affectedly proper or refined; excessively polite
[5] respectable, polite, and well-bred a genteel old lady
[6] appropriate to polite or fashionable society genteel behaviour

Words related to Genteel

noble, ostentatious, polite, elegant, aristocratic, stylish, refined, affected, artificial, chivalrous, civil, confined, courteous, courtly, fashionable, formal, graceful, hollow, intolerant, mannerly

Words nearby Genteel

genseng, genseric, gent, gent., gentamicin, genteel, genteelism, gentian, gentian blue, gentian family, gentian violet

Origin of Genteel

1590–1600; < French gentil; see gentle

Other words from Genteel

gen·teel·ly , adverb
gen·teel·ness , noun
pseu·do·gen·teel , adjective
qua·si-gen·teel , adjective
qua·si-gen·teel·ly , adverb
un·gen·teel , adjective

Word origin for Genteel

C16: from French gentil well-born; see gentle

Synonyms for Genteel

aristocratic, elegant, noble, ostentatious, polite, refined, stylish, affected, artificial, chivalrous, civil, confined, courteous, courtly, cultivated, distingué, fashionable, formal, graceful, hollow, intolerant, la-di-da, mannerly, polished, pompous, precious, pretentious, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, respectable, straitlaced, stuffy, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered