[syn: affable, amiable, cordial, genial]
2. politely warm and friendly;
- Example: "a cordial handshake"
3. sincerely or intensely felt;
- Example: "a cordial regard for his visitor's comfort"
- Example: "a cordial abhorrence of waste"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cordial \Cor"dial\, n.
1. Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.
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Charms to my sight, and cordials to my mind.
--Dryden.
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2. (Med) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a
peppermint cordial.
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3. (Com.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a
beverage; a liqueur.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cordial \Cor"dial\ (k[^o]r"jal, formally k[^o]rd"yal; 106, 277),
a. [LL. cordialis, fr. L. cor heart: cf. F. cordial. See
Heart.]
1. Proceeding from the heart. [Obs.]
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A rib with cordial spirits warm. --Milton.
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2. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
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He . . . with looks of cordial love
Hung over her enamored. --Milton.
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3. Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength
or spirits.
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Behold this cordial julep here
That flames and dances in his crystal bounds.
--Milton.
Syn: Hearty; sincere; heartfelt; warm; affectionate;
cheering; invigorating. See Hearty.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cordial
adj 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile";
"an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial
greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: affable, amiable,
cordial, genial]
2: politely warm and friendly; "a cordial handshake"
3: sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his
visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"
n 1: strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a
meal [syn: liqueur, cordial]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
190 Moby Thesaurus words for "cordial":
Benedictine, Bohemian, Chartreuse, Danziger Goldwasser, Drambuie,
Galliano, Irish Mist, Strega, Triple Sec, ablaze, affable, afire,
agreeable, amiable, amicable, analeptic, ardent, blissful,
boiling over, bonhomous, bracer, bracing, breathless, brisk,
burning, casual, cheerful, cheering, compatible, complaisant,
congenial, courteous, crisp, crispy, degage, delirious, desirable,
drunk, dulcet, easy, easy-natured, easygoing, en rapport,
energizing, enjoyable, enlivenment, enthusiastic, excited,
exhilarating, exhilaration, exuberant, fair, fair and pleasant,
familiar, febrile, felicific, felicitous, fervent, fervid, fevered,
feverish, fiery, fine, flaming, flushed, folksy, framboise,
free and easy, fresh, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, glowing,
good, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, gracious,
grateful, gratifying, green Chartreuse, harmonious, haymish,
heart-warming, heartfelt, hearty, heated, homely, homey, honeyed,
hospitable, hot, impassioned, informal, intense, intoxicated,
invigorating, invigoration, irregular, keen, kindly, liberal,
likable, liqueurs, lively, loose, maraschino, mellifluous, mellow,
mild, natural, neighborly, nice, offhand, offhanded, on fire, open,
openhearted, parfait amour, passionate, pear brandy, pick-me-up,
plain, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving,
pleasureful, polite, pousse-cafe, rainbow cordial, reanimation,
receptive, recreation, red-hot, refection, refreshful, refreshing,
refreshment, regale, regalement, regaling, reinvigoration, relaxed,
renewal, responsive, restorative, revival, revivescence,
revivescency, revivification, rewarding, roborant, rousing,
satisfying, simple, sincere, sloe gin, sociable, steaming, steamy,
stimulating, stimulation, sweet, sweet-tempered, sympathetic,
tender, tonic, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious,
unconstrained, unconventional, unofficial, unrestrained, unstudied,
vigorous, vitamin shot, vivification, warm, warmhearted, welcome,
welcoming, well-natured, wholehearted, zealous, zestful, zesty