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Antonyms for goodies

Grammar : Noun
Spell : goo d-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʊd i

Definition of goodies

Origin :
  • also goodie, "something tasty," 1745, from good (adj.) + -y (2); adj. use for "sentimentally proper" is 1830 (especially in reduplicated form goody-goody, 1871). As an exclamation of pleasure, by 1796. Goody also used since 1550s as a shortened form of goodwife, a term of civility applied to a married woman in humble life; hence Goody Two-shoes, name of heroine in 1760s children's story who exulted upon acquiring a second shoe.
  • noun good thing
Example sentences :
  • Shall we leave my father here, and run off in search of some goodies?
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • The 'goodies' which we do not get at the school table are 'gifts of the gods.'
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson
  • Then there's some goodies and mottoes and you can exchange with a boy.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • The branches of the tree bent low with the weight of gifts and goodies.
  • Extract from : « Mary's Rainbow » by Mary Edward Feehan
  • And of course you are not going to be mean about your share of the goodies?
  • Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe
  • Here her remarks were punctuated by applause, and some suppressed “Oh, goodies!”
  • Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe
  • Nancy wanted to say that it seemed to her all the goodies were hers.
  • Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe
  • But if you give Demi goodies, all the others will expect some also, and then you will have your hands full.
  • Extract from : « Little Men » by Louisa May Alcott
  • All the goodies of which she had ever heard were hers for the asking.
  • Extract from : « The Squirrel-Cage » by Dorothy Canfield
  • I had a habit of swallowing my goodies as soon as I got them.
  • Extract from : « When Grandmamma Was New » by Marion Harland

Synonyms for goodies

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