gentility
nounHow many syllables in gentility?
There are 4 syllables in the word gentility.How to pronounce gentility:
Definition of gentility:
- gentility (noun):
- respectability and good manners
- the condition of belonging to the gentry
- elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression.
Synonyms for gentility:
attentiveness
breeding
chivalry
civility
consideration
courteousness
courtesy
courtliness
cultivation
culture
decorum
elegance
formality
gallantry
genteelness
gentlemanliness
good manners
gracefulness
graciousness
hospitality
mannerliness
manners
politeness
refinement
respect
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Antonyms for gentility:
aloofness
bad behaviour
bad manners
barbarianism
barbarism
boorishness
churlishness
clumsiness
coarseness
corruption
cowardice
crudeness
decline
destruction
dirtying
dis
discourteousness
discourtesy
disregard
disrespect
disrespectfulness
diss
dullness
fear
gracelessness
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- contributor
- fidelity
- anybody's
- embezzlement
- compatriot
- kilometer
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- harmonizing
- undemanding
- respectably
- essentially
- designated
- intangible
- estimable
- middle-ager
- dissoluble
- erudition
- commentator
- agreeably
- neighborliness
- dexterity
- correspondence
- septennial
- oregano
- triangulate
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- unlovable
- alternative
- expectorate
- Artelia
- isocracy
- contemplating
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- thundershower
- logomachy
- fecundity
- enologist
- cyrenius
- ironical
- enumerate
- coronation
- horizontal
- decerebrate
- advantageous
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- manifestly
- irritated
- lobotomize
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