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felicitous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of felicitous

1 giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses

  • a felicitous accompaniment to dinner is provided by a pianist on weekends at the restaurant
Synonyms of felicitous

agreeable, blessed (also blest), congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, delightsome, dreamy, dulcet, enjoyable, good, grateful, gratifying, heavenly, jolly, luscious, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pretty, satisfying, savory (also savoury), sweet, tasty, welcome
Words Related to felicitous

alluring, attractive, desirable, enviable, inviting, relishable, tempting

charming, enchanting, fascinating

calming, comforting, soothing

amusing, diverting, entertaining, recreative

affable, amiable, cheerful, cheery, comfortable, gemütlich, genial, goodly, good-natured, gracious, hospitable, kindly, personable

blissful, felicific, glad, happy, joyous

elating, exhilarating, intoxicating

ecstatic, euphoric, nirvanic, rapturous
Near Antonyms of felicitous

abominable, ghastly, god-awful, hellish, horrid, miserable, wretched

bilious, disgusting, distasteful, obnoxious, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revulsive, unsavory, vile, yucky (also yukky)

abhorrent, detestable, hateful, odious

boring, commonplace, dull, flat, insipid, irksome, stale, tedious

displeasing, dissatisfying

depressing, disheartening, dismal, dreary, gloomy, heartbreaking, heartrending, joyless, lachrymose, sad, unhappy

deplorable, doleful, dolorous, lamentable, lugubrious, mournful, regrettable, sorrowful, tragic (also tragical)

aggravating, annoying, exasperating, irritating, peeving, perturbing, vexing

forbidding

hostile, intimidating

angering, enraging, incensing, inflaming (also enflaming), infuriating, maddening, outraging, rankling, riling

distressing, disturbing, upsetting
Antonyms of felicitous

disagreeable, pleasureless, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome

2 meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation

  • the museumʼs restaurant is featuring a French menu as a felicitous complement to the current show on French Impressionism
Synonyms of felicitous

applicable, appropriate, apt, becoming, befitting, fit, fitted, fitting, good, happy, meet, pretty, proper, right, suitable
Words Related to felicitous

condign, deserved, just, justified

needed, required, requisite

able, capable, competent, cut out, qualified, trained

pitch-perfect

acceptable, adequate, decent, kosher, satisfactory, serviceable, tolerable

correct, decorous, respectable, seemly

balanced, companionate, congruous, consonant, harmonious

rightful
Phrases Synonymous with felicitous

in order
Near Antonyms of felicitous

incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained

inadequate, intolerable, unacceptable, unsatisfactory

graceless, incorrect, indecorous

incompatible, uncongenial
Antonyms of felicitous

improper, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, indecent, infelicitous, malapropos, misbecoming, unapt, unbecoming, unbeseeming, unfit, unfitting, unhappy, unmeet, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong

Synonym Discussion of felicitous

fit, suitable, meet, proper, appropriate, fitting, apt, happy, felicitous mean right with respect to some end, need, use, or circumstance. fit stresses adaptability and sometimes special readiness for use or action.
    • fit for battle
suitable implies an answering to requirements or demands.
    • clothes suitable for camping
meet suggests a just proportioning.
    • meet payment
proper suggests a suitability through essential nature or accordance with custom.
    • proper acknowledgement
appropriate implies eminent or distinctive fitness.
    • an appropriate gift
fitting implies harmony of mood or tone.
    • a fitting end
apt connotes a fitness marked by nicety and discrimination.
    • apt quotations
happy suggests what is effectively or successfully appropriate.
    • a happy choice of words
felicitous suggests an aptness that is opportune, telling, or graceful.
    • a felicitous phrase

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