good-natured
/ɡʊdˈneɪtʃəd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.03 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having or showing an amicable, kindly disposition.
Example Sentences
- "“It is singular,” said the Lady, addressing Warden; “the animal is not only so good-natured to all, but so particularly fond of children.[…]”"
- "For the people who were shovelling away on the house-tops were jovial and full of glee; calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a facetious snowball—better-natured missile far than many a wordy jest—laughing heartily if it went right, and not less heartily if it went wrong."
- "There are a good many of these girls whom it is quite enough to spoil the temper of the best-natured woman in the world to have in the house with them."
- "Rasmus was a tall, powerful man, with a weather-beaten, furrowed face of a good-natured expression."
- "However, the immediate howls of outrage from the industry were in many cases less than good-natured."
- "I had a rival for Marcel’s affections, a boy who later became the king of recorded classical music and confrère of Herbert von Karajan. I was vile to this poor chap who, like a cheerful Papageno, was much better-natured than I was."
Inflected Forms
more good-natured (comparative)
better-natured (comparative)
most good-natured (superlative)
best-natured (superlative)
good natured (alternative)
goodnatured (alternative)