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person
nice
especially spoken friendly, kind, or polite. In written and formal English, it is better to use a more specific and interesting adjective than nice:
• I like Clare – she’s really nice. • It was nice of them to offer to help.
pleasant
friendly, polite, and easy to talk to – used especially about someone that you do not know very well:
• I only met her once or twice but she seemed pleasant.
sweet
very kind and gentle:
• Kylie’s a very caring, sweet person. • It was sweet of you to send me a card.
charming
behaving in a polite and friendly way, which makes people like you and want to do things for you:
• The salesman was very charming. • a charming hostess
engaging
interesting or amusing in a way that makes people like you – a rather formal word:
• She can be very engaging. • an engaging smile
likeable
easy to like and seeming nice and friendly:
• Bobby was a likeable kid with an angelic face.
good-natured
having a nice kind character and not getting angry easily:
• Everyone likes Mike because he’s always so good-natured.
great
informal used about someone who you like and admire a lot:
• He’s a great guy! • Sue’s boyfriend is really great.
lovely
especially British English informal very nice, kind, and friendly:
• All the people I met on the course were lovely. • a lovely man
describing something you like or enjoy
nice
especially spoken pleasant or enjoyable:
• Did you have a nice day? • It was nice to be back home again.
lovely
especially British English informal very nice:
• We had a lovely time at the beach. • The hotel was lovely.
fun
informal if something is fun, you enjoy it:
• The holiday was great fun.
enjoyable
giving you pleasure:
• We had a very enjoyable evening.
wonderful
very enjoyable:
• It was a wonderful concert. • The food was wonderful.
great
( also brilliant British English ) informal very enjoyable:
• ‘How was the party?’ ‘It was great!’ • We all had a brilliant time.
charming
used about something that seems pleasant and has a lot of qualities that make you like it:
• a charming little village in the Italian countryside • I thought the restaurant was rather charming.
delightful
formal very pleasant or enjoyable:
• There are many delightful walks in the area. • a delightful evening
pleasurable
formal a pleasurable experience or feeling is one that you enjoy:
• Shopping in the old city can be a pleasurable experience. • a pleasurable feeling of relief
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adj. VERBS be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste I felt nice and cosy. That bread smells nice. His mother sounded very nice on the phone. | make sth I tidied the room to make it nice for the others when they came home. ADV. awfully, exceptionally, extremely, incredibly, jolly, really, terribly, very an awfully nice man | perfectly, thoroughly I'm sure she's perfectly nice really. | not particularly It had not been a particularly nice experience. | pretty, quite, rather | enough Some of the boys were nice enough, but she didn't want to go out with them. PREP. about He was incredibly nice about it, though I am sure it caused him a lot of trouble. | for It's nice for Mum to get out more. | to Can't you be nice to each other for once? PHRASES nice little It's a nice little place you've got here.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary