| afraid |
Sometimes people say they are afraid when they feel bad about giving someone bad news or about not being able to do what that person wants. Sometimes people say "I'm afraid" just to be polite. [1/2 definitions] |
| ask |
When you ask for something, you tell someone in a polite way that you want them to give you something. [1/5 definitions] |
| beg |
to ask for in a polite or in a desperate way. [1/3 definitions] |
| bold |
not polite; rude. [1/5 definitions] |
| care |
If someone asks you if you would care for something or care to do something, they are offering you something or inviting you to do something. They would like to know if you want what they are offering. They are asking this in a polite way and in a way that doesn't make you feel that you have to say yes. [1/7 definitions] |
| ceremony |
very polite behavior, often more formal than is needed. [1/2 definitions] |
| civil |
using good manners; polite. [1/3 definitions] |
| compliment |
(plural) a polite greeting. [1/3 definitions] |
| could |
used in present or future time to talk about some action or state that is possible but not certain; often used in polite requests or offers. [1/2 definitions] |
| courteous |
being polite or showing good manners. |
| courtesy |
When you show courtesy, you are polite or show good manners. |
| crude |
If something is crude, it is not very polite, or it doesn't show good manners. [1/4 definitions] |
| decline |
to refuse to do, in a polite way. [1/4 definitions] |
| discourteous |
not having or showing good manners; not polite; rude. |
| done |
acceptable as behavior; proper; polite. [1/3 definitions] |
| formal |
proper or socially correct, sometimes to the point of being cold; stiff. [1/5 definitions] |
| gentleman |
a polite word for "man." [1/3 definitions] |
| gentlewoman |
a polite and honorable woman. [1/2 definitions] |
| grace |
the tendency to do what is kind, right, or polite; manners. [1/4 definitions] |
| gracious |
likely to do what is polite, kind, or right. |
| greet |
to speak to with friendly or polite words upon meeting or when starting a letter. [1/3 definitions] |