Definition of Good-Natured

Good-natured

Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.

Related Definitions:

Easily, In, Mild, Naturally, Not, Provoked, Temper

Good-Natured Quotations

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.
William Hazlitt

From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.
Samuel Richardson

The president's poking fun at himself over what goes down. I thought it was a good-natured performance. It made him look good. But he certainly doesn't disguise the record on weapons of mass destruction. And you feel like saying to people, Just get over it.
Brit Hume

For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Some Critics on the Hearth are not only good-natured, but have rather too high, or, if that is impossible, let us say too pronounced, an opinion of the abilities of their literary friends.
James Payn

This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured.
Marie Windsor

One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend.
James Payn

Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy.
Ernestine Rose

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Good-Natured Translations

good-natured in Afrikaans is vriendelik
good-natured in Danish is venlig
good-natured in Dutch is aardig, vriendelijk, voorkomend
good-natured in French is affable, gentil, aimable
good-natured in German is gutartig
good-natured in Italian is gradevole, benevolo, cortese
good-natured in Norwegian is godmodig
good-natured in Swedish is beskedlig, gemytlig, godmodig

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