Gracious and Stony

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Gracious adjective - Showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations.

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Stony is an antonym for gracious.

Nearby Words: grace, graceful, graciously, gracefully, Gracie

Stony adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.

Usage example: the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence

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Gracious is an antonym for stony.

Nearby Words: stone, stonily

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