bonhomie

1 Her scenes with Buckley, in which the irresistible urge of Irish bonhomie butts up against the immovable object of passive-aggressive politeness and repression, are like watching musicians play off against each other’s weaving melodies and riffs.

2 We're full of bonhomie so by all means bring them along to the party, just as long as you don't get misty eyed – it's tough, but it can be done.

3 Breakfast is being served, the waitress is joshing with her customers, and dollops of blokey Midlands bonhomie are being swapped back and forth.

4 The problem is that Kelly, for all her forced bonhomie, is more chilly than chill.

5 I had male friends but wasn’t particularly interested in romance; I wasn’t a goody two-shoes, but affected the wisecracking bonhomie of a tomboy to deflect sexual interest that I still found confusing and scary.

6 Emma Handy doesn’t miss a beat as a young wife visibly affronted by Doris’s apparently bottomless bonhomie.

7 The most memorable fishing lodges blend goodwill and good fishing to achieve an atmosphere of easygoing bonhomie.

8 The atmosphere was one of macho bonhomie, both from assembled press and veteran film-makers.

9 Not surprisingly, O'Hanlon, a figure of legendary bonhomie with a huge knowledge of natural history, became the star of the show.

10 Compere Patrick Monahan is presiding over an audience singing competition, Scotland v the Rest of the World, with remarkable bonhomie.

11 Yet recently, controversy over which songs should be sung has threatened to undermine the bonhomie.

12 One of the richer paradoxes of the cocktail world is that, for all their Hawaiian shirts and beach-bum bonhomie, tiki aficionados are among the most doctrinaire pedants you’ll find in any bar.

13 "Glenn was a man of great bonhomie and ready to befriend anyone - especially fellow musicians," he said.

14 Beyond the suburban bonhomie is an unspoken tension, a sense of dislocation and disconnection from reality.

15 “Trading Spaces” returns us to a safer, saner space of amateur willingness and neighborly bonhomie.

16 The cast, singing and speaking in the original German, hang up union flags and bunting, generating an atmosphere of country-house bonhomie.

17 It is he who, for all his patrician bonhomie and very false modesty, harbors the most vanity and ambition in this story.

18 The withering expressions and brutish bonhomie of Pelham’s Brad can also be diverting.

19 The force of his bonhomie gives this murky-looking, empty conceit of a film a desperately needed lift of facetious humor.

20 Of course Sohn, the genial face of sausage bonhomie, thinks this has all been bananas.

1 和善

friendly mild gentle amicable aloha companionable neighbourly kindly mildly benignly neighborliness amicability bonhommie

2 欢乐

blithe jocund blithely gaily enjoyment festivity gaiety jollity

3 友好

friendship goodwill amity rapprochement on terms on speaking terms good kind warm friendly familiar thick outgoing kindly hearty cosy cordial amicable folksy warm-hearted propitious neighbourly pally well with open arms nice Christian lovely generous harmonious bubbly amiable genial convivial matey companionable well-disposed warmly cordially warmth affable companionate couthie hail-fellow intimacy amicability good-will

4 和蔼

kind sweet kindly bland good-natured genial well sweetly kindness sweetness geniality gentle benevolent good-humoured gently nicely gentleness good nice fair friendly amiable bonhomous goodness soft gracious likable suave amicable affable good-tempered fair-spoken compliance compliancy affability amiability suavity fairspoken mild meek douce towardliness genialize motherly clement grandfatherly kindhearted gentle-hearted pleasantly genially affably clemency graciousness douceur benignancy good nature

5 亲切

kind nice friendly tender kindly cheery cordial genial nicely kindness intimacy geniality warm brotherly warmth heimish good Nice decent mild thoughtful benign courteous affectionate meek serviceable beau homely amiable homey fireside affable obliging homelike neighborly good-hearted big-hearted sisterly officious well-disposed warmhearted benignant bonhomous caressive couthie homish affettuoso well sweet fairly sweetly favor grace courtesy sweetness benignity benignancy honey come by honestly hearty gracious good-natured warm-hearted caressing kindhearted good-will gently thoughtfully decently tenderly genially turn humanity goodness goodwill tenderness decency friendliness graciousness pleasantness kindliness amiability homeliness complaisance neighbourliness genialize con amore ex gratia good nature

6 愉快

light holiday comfortable sweet smooth glad gay pleasant sunny delighted taking airy boon delectable palatable cheery mercurial gleeful blithe bonnie mirthful gladsome jocose jocund blithesome happiness delight cheer sunshine enjoyment bliss mirth pleasantry weal delectation jollity effervesce brighten lighten solace enliven do heart good

7 温和

kind soft sweet smooth moderate mild gentle peaceful bland temperate meek placid suave balmy genial clement equable softhearted sarsenet piano lowly mercy moderation clemency soften quiet conservative benign silky sane lenient silken Clement placable mildly softly mansuetude lenity mitigate temper open slow offence kindly piping snug nun mellow boon merciful velvety tempered amiable pacific canny peaceable facile rosewater benignant kid-glove kid-gloved favonian relent compliance sweetness easiness mildness compliancy amiability benignity geniality placidity suavity amicability benignancy milden sweeten lamb like soft-spoken lamblike lightly gracefully sweetly meekly peaceably blandly benignly leniently acquiescently creamily smoothness gentleness blandness kindliness suaveness dulcify

8 快乐

up happy bright grand lovely gay sunny delighted merry cheerful joyful upbeat hedonic jocund merrily fun happiness sunshine amusement buzz glee gaiety entertain gladden keep amused