单词 | congenial |
释义 | congenial (once / 905 pages) 1adj 2adj A congenial person is easy to get along with. If you're trying to decide which of your friends to take on a road trip, choose the most congenial one. Congenial means sharing the same temperament, or agreeing with your temperament. You can talk about a congenial person, place, or environment. Maybe you enjoy the congenial atmosphere of the library. Or perhaps for you the disco is more congenial. As you might expect for such a vaguely approving word, there are many synonyms: agreeable, pleasant, delectable, delightful, enjoyable, and so on. WORD FAMILYcongenial: congeniality, congenially, congenialness, uncongenial+/congeniality: congenialities/uncongenial: uncongeniality, uncongenially/uncongeniality: uncongenialities USAGE EXAMPLESBut since the role she played best was herself, Zsa Zsa found her most congenial stage on variety shows, game shows and talk shows. Time(Dec 18, 2016) If that happens to be your mood, too, I can’t think of a more congenial place to eat well downtown. New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) He admits that when he first envisioned a film career, he didn’t see the internet as a congenial home for his work. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) 1 adj suitable to your needs 2a congenial atmosphere to work in "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"- T.L.Peacock Syn|Ant compatible able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination sociablefriendly and pleasant friendlycharacteristic of or befitting a friend sympatheticexpressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward incompatible, uncongenial not suitable to your tastes or needs incompatiblenot compatible disagreeable, unsympatheticnot agreeing with your tastes or expectations unfriendlynot disposed to friendship or friendliness unsympatheticnot sympathetic or disposed toward adj (used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted Syn compatible able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination |
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