Antonyms for benign
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bih-nahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈnaɪn |
Definition of benign
Origin :- early 14c., from Old French benigne (12c., "kind, benign, merciful, gracious;" Modern French bénin, fem. bénigne), from Latin benignus "kindly, kindhearted, friendly, generous," literally "well born," from bene "well" (see bene-) + gignere "to bear, beget," from genus "birth" (see genus). For similar sense evolution, cf. gentle, kind (adj.), generous. Related: Benignly.
- adj kindly
- adj mild, especially describing weather
- adj advantageous
- adj not cancerous
- Gentleness and mercy should blend their benign influences with justice.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- For a few moments she listened to them, feeling elderly and benign.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- So, from their benign choice, he had really nothing to say to Lydia or Anne.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- The expression of these benign features did not disgrace their symmetry.
- Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
- It turned the great rough figure to a spirit, great and tender and benign.
- Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
- Like the land elephants there was something about them terrible yet benign.
- Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
- Then it was that Money seemed to her what it really is, a god, beautiful and benign.
- Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
- "That is your modesty, my friend," said the Cabinet Minister with a benign smile.
- Extract from : « Bones » by Edgar Wallace
- Now he had seen with his own eyes the benign attitude of his former enemy.
- Extract from : « Bamboo Tales » by Ira L. Reeves
- Miss Jones's morning face was as benign as her evening countenance had been.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 » by Various
Synonyms for benign
- amiable
- auspicious
- balmy
- beneficent
- benevolent
- benignant
- bright
- charitable
- complaisant
- congenial
- curable
- dexter
- early stage
- encouraging
- favorable
- fortunate
- friendly
- generous
- genial
- gentle
- good
- goodhearted
- gracious
- harmless
- healthful
- kind
- liberal
- limited
- lucky
- merciful
- mild
- obliging
- propitious
- refreshing
- remediable
- salutary
- slight
- smiling
- superficial
- sympathetic
- temperate
- warm
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