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All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.
Charles Inglis

Meaning of "amiable" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMIABLE

From Old French, from Late Latin amīcābilisamicable.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AMIABLE

amiable  [ˈeɪmɪəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMIABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amiable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AMIABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amiable

Amiable was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1894 Epsom Oaks and 1,000 Guineas Stakes despite having severe stringhalt in both hind limbs. Amiable raced until she was three years old, retiring in 1895 to the Duke of Portland's Welbeck Stud. Plagued with fertility problems, Amiable was a failure as a broodmare and produced only one foal that survived to adulthood. She was pensioned for the last 11 years of her life and was euthanized at the age of 24 in November 1915.

Definition of amiable in the English dictionary

The definition of amiable in the dictionary is having or displaying a pleasant or agreeable nature; friendly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMIABLE


agreeable
əˈɡrɪəbəl
appreciable
əˈpriːʃɪəbəl
enviable
ˈɛnvɪəbəl
identifiable
aɪˌdɛntɪˈfaɪəbəl
impermeable
ɪmˈpɜːmɪəbəl
irremeable
ɪˈrɛmɪəbəl
justifiable
ˈdʒʌstɪˌfaɪəbəl
liable
ˈlaɪəbəl
payable
ˈpeɪəbəl
permeable
ˈpɜːmɪəbəl
playable
ˈpleɪəbəl
pliable
ˈplaɪəbəl
reliable
rɪˈlaɪəbəl
semipermeable
ˌsɛmɪˈpɜːmɪəbəl
unamiable
ʌnˈeɪmɪəbəl
undeniable
ˌʌndɪˈnaɪəbəl
unreliable
ˌʌnrɪˈlaɪəbəl
variable
ˈvɛərɪəbəl
verifiable
ˌvɛrɪˈfaɪəbəl
viable
ˈvaɪəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMIABLE

ami
amia
amiability
amiableness
amiably
amianthine
amianthoid
amianthoidal
amianthus
amiantus
amicability
amicable
amicableness
amicably
amice
AMIChemE
amici curiae
amicus
amicus curiae
amid

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMIABLE

able
deniable
dependent variable
depreciable
diable
differentiable
dummy variable
independent variable
insatiable
invariable
modifiable
multivariable
negotiable
non-negotiable
notifiable
photocopiable
quantifiable
random variable
sociable
triable
unsociable

Synonyms and antonyms of amiable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AMIABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «amiable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of amiable

Translation of «amiable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMIABLE

Find out the translation of amiable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of amiable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amiable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

和蔼可亲的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amable
570 millions of speakers

English

amiable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिलनसार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انيس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

любезный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধুসুলভ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

affable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

mesra
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

liebenswürdig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気だてのよい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상냥한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amiable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dể thương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுமூகமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सौहार्दपूर्ण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sevimli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sympatyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

люб´язний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe cale amiabilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συμπαθής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vriendelik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

älskvärd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amiable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amiable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMIABLE»

The term «amiable» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.535 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMIABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «amiable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «amiable» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amiable

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10 QUOTES WITH «AMIABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word amiable.
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Mary Astell
For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.
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Paul Begala
Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all.
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Jakob Bohme
The sweet quality is set opposite to the bitter, and is a gracious, amiable, blessed and pleasant quality, a refreshing of the life, an allaying of the fierceness. It maketh all pleasant and friendly in every creature; it maketh the vegetables of the earth fragrant and of good taste, affording fair, yellow, white and ruddy colours.
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William Ellery Channing
How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.
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John W. Gardner
The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.
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Eliza Haywood
Of all the Beauties, it is that which attracts the most lasting Admiration, gives the greatest Charm to every thing we say or do, and renders us amiable in every Station, and thro' every Stage of Life.
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Charles Inglis
All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.
8
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally.
9
Thomas Mann
Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.
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John Henry Newman
In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMIABLE»

Discover the use of amiable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amiable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Amiable Baltimoreans
Offers an anecdotal history of Baltimore and its notable citizens, buildings, customs, and institutions, and includes the story of the city's founding
Francis F. Beirne, 1984
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My Amiable Uncle: Recollections about Booth Tarkington
Author Susannah Mayberry shares with readers a treasure of fanily photographs within the pages of this volume. This book will appeal to the general reader and the scholar.
Susanah Mayberry, 1983
3
An Amiable Charlatan
E. Phillips Oppenheim. worth all the money he needed, and more; and the young lady had got that trick of wearing her clothes and talking as though she were born a princess. Real style, I should have said — both of them. Still, the fact remains ...
E. Phillips Oppenheim, 2008
4
Perfecting Amiable
The death of two quarrelsome brothers over an ill-fated house changes the people of Amiable, Utah.
Marilyn Arnold, 2007
5
Church, Science, and a Rabbit: An Amiable Conflict
Over the last fifteen years of my ministry I have seen both the positives and negatives of technology.
Charles Sigman Osl, Charles Sigman, 2009
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Your Amiable Uncle: Letters to His Nephews
This is a new release of the original 1949 edition.
Booth Tarkington, 2013
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The Death of an Amiable Child
Social worker, Anita Servi's world is turned upside down one morning when Clea, her five-year-old daughter, discovers the body of a homeless woman who had occasionally slept on a landing in their apartment building.
Irene Marcuse, 2006
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Dissertations on various interesting subjects, with a view ...
... happiness of his children in every appointment, The whole of the gospel presents us with the most amiable representations of God; and every doctrine which Christ delivers, and every precept which he prescribes, is with a view to promote ...
Thomas Watson, 1816
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International Commercial Arbitration: An Asia-Pacific ...
8 Deciding cases without law: Ex aequo et bono and amiable compositeur Both the Model Law and most institutional arbitration rules permit an arbitral 3.156 tribunal to decide a case as 'ex aequo et bono or as amiable compositeur'.139 In  ...
Simon Greenberg, Christopher Kee, J. Romesh Weeramantry, 2010
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An Amiable Arrangement
Over the opposition of her family, Lucy Meredith weds Richard Blount--a marriage arranged by mail--and finds herself living with a haunted, lonely widower and father tormented by the dark secrets of the past. Original.
Barbara Allister, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMIABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amiable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Keith Urban gets bucked off on Sunrise? Country star's bumpy …
Urban, ever amiable, climaxed his appearance on the breakfast TV program with a – gentle – ride on a bull. A mechanical bull rather than the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
Foo Fighters celebrate July 4 with lots of opening acts and a mobile …
If her appearance didn't add anything musically, it was entirely appropriate to a show that was more amiable than exciting. lifestyle. style. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Greece heads towards historic no vote against austerity measures
Greece should now negotiate an amiable exit from the EURO and take control of it's own currency. It's best choice is to create a Drachma that ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
REVIEW: I Love You You're Perfect Now Change, Above The Arts
While the amiable theatre staff offered copious amounts of water, kindly, the atmosphere was enervating. But although it must have been ... «British Theatre, Jul 15»
5
Former Burnley winger Steve Kindon reflects on his favourite Turf …
Sometimes he would shamble about on the wing like an amiable bear, before rousing into life like a roused panther pursuing his prey. «Lancashire Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Nevis Weighs in on US Treasury's Plan to Remove Hamilton from …
The United States has long enjoyed an amiable relationship with the island of Nevis, largely owed to the connection the two share over ... «Caribbean Journal, Jul 15»
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She's just like us: Alia Bhatt is addicted to Instagram!
In spite of her illness, during this interview, Alia is patient and amiable, her furiously tapping knee the only indication of her desire to be under ... «India Today, Jul 15»
8
Only in India: The oppressive VIP cult
He carries his position as Union minister lightly, is amiable and is certainly not a bully, as the more cantankerous and supercilious Maharashtra ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
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Radhika, a reserved but amiable middle-class girl, loves to write. She desires to utilise her talent and be single for now. Samaira, her best pal, ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
Sophie-Davao launches new catalogue
Sometimes, we are even doing fashion shows,” the client-friendly and amiable head said. During last month's event, there were 103 attendees ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»

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