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Antonyms for fair-spoken
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : fair-spoh-kuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛərˈspoʊ kən |
Definition of fair-spoken
- As in complimentary : adj flattering
- Listen to me, and I will tell you what three weeks ago this fair-spoken and sweet-smiling cavalier did.
- Extract from : « Graham of Claverhouse » by Ian Maclaren
- Hector Brady, like his son, was a fair-spoken villain, but none the less dangerous for all that.
- Extract from : « Motor Matt's Hard Luck » by Stanley R. Matthews
- The fair-spoken countess made use of strange and subtle theories.
- Extract from : « File No. 113 » by Emile Gaboriau
- A great deal depends on the answer—a good-looking and fair-spoken person may travel far and suffer no hunger in the land.
- Extract from : « Cornish Saints and Sinners » by J. Henry Harris
- He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one; exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading.
- Extract from : « Putnam's Phrase Book » by Edwin Hamlin Carr
- He was a fair-spoken man whom few loved and many feared, and between him and the “Learned Blacksmith” there was “no love lost.”
- Extract from : « Dorothy's House Party » by Evelyn Raymond
- Some thought it was easier counting with the auld rough Knight than the fair-spoken young ane—but mair of that anon.
- Extract from : « The Haunters & The Haunted » by Various
- Some thought it was easier counting with the auld rough knight than the fair-spoken young ane—but mair of that anon.
- Extract from : « Red Gauntlet » by Sir Walter Scott
- Cunning, fair-spoken oppressor of the poor, has not thy sin found thee out?
- Extract from : « Twenty-Five Village Sermons » by Charles Kingsley
- "He's a fair-spoken man, Edmonson; I kind of think he'll square it up, after all," he said hopefully.
- Extract from : « The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories » by Margaret Collier Graham
Synonyms for fair-spoken
- adulatory
- appreciative
- approbative
- approbatory
- approving
- celebrating
- commendatory
- congratulatory
- courtly
- encomiastic
- encomiastical
- eulogistic
- fair-spoken
- fawning
- highly favorable
- honeyed
- honoring
- laudatory
- panegyrical
- plauditory
- polite
- praiseful
- respectful
- sycophantic
- unctuous
- well-wishing
- with high praise
- with highest recommendation
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