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nice
1[ nahys ]
adjective
- pleasing; agreeable; delightful:
a nice visit.
Antonyms:
- amiably pleasant; kind:
They are always nice to strangers.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy:
nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- showing or indicating very small differences; minutely accurate, as instruments:
a job that requires nice measurements.
- minute, fine, or subtle:
a nice distinction.
- having or showing delicate, accurate perception:
a nice sense of color.
- refined in manners, language, etc.:
Nice people wouldn't do such things.
Synonyms:
a nice girl.
- suitable or proper:
That was not a nice remark.
Antonyms:
- carefully neat in dress, habits, etc.
Synonyms: ,
- (especially of food) dainty or delicate.
- having fastidious, finicky, or fussy tastes:
They're much too nice in their dining habits to enjoy an outdoor barbecue.
Synonyms: ,
- Obsolete. coy, shy, or reluctant.
- Obsolete. unimportant; trivial.
- Obsolete. wanton.
Nice
2[ nees ]
noun
- a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean: known as a vacation resort.
NICE
1/ Բɪ /
acronym for
- (in Britain) National Institute for Clinical Excellence: a body established in 1999 to provide authoritative guidance on current best practice in medicine and to promote high-quality cost-effective medical treatment in the NHS
Nice
2/ nis /
noun
- a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: a leading resort of the French Riviera; founded by Phocaeans from Marseille in about the 3rd century bc . Pop: 342 738 (1999)
nice
3/ Բɪ /
adjective
- pleasant or commendable
a nice day
- kind or friendly
a nice gesture of help
- good or satisfactory
they made a nice job of it
- subtle, delicate, or discriminating
a nice point in the argument
- precise; skilful
a nice fit
- rare.fastidious; respectable
he was not too nice about his methods
- obsolete.
- foolish or ignorant
- delicate
- shy; modest
- wanton
- nice andpleasingly
it's nice and cool
Nice
- City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea .
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Notes
Derived Forms
- ˈԾԱ, noun
- ˈԾ, adjective
- ˈԾ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- Ծl adverb
- Ծn noun
- v·Ծ adjective
- over·Ծl adverb
- over·Ծn noun
- ܲ·Ծ adjective
- un·Ծl adverb
- un·Ծn noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of nice1
Origin of nice2
Word History and Origins
Origin of nice1
Idioms and Phrases
- make nice, to behave in a friendly, ingratiating, or conciliatory manner.
- nice and, sufficiently:
It's nice and warm in here.
Example Sentences
“There’s such harmony in their lives, a really nice balance. They spark each other.”
“All my behavior is linked to representing Japan. I understand I should try to be nice and be the one everyone should be proud of.”
Speaking of May, she said: "It wasn't until later that I really began to realise how important she was because to me she was very nice, very gentle aunt."
He seems to be a very nice man, but not much more.
When asked if she thought an apology would be made, she said: "I think it would be nice, but he's not going to, that's just not his style."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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