[0632] benign

[보카길라잡이]

adj.

1. Of a kind and gentle disposition.
2. Showing gentleness and mildness. See Synonyms at kind¹.
3. Tending to exert a beneficial influence; favorable: a policy with benign consequences for the economy. See Synonyms at favorable.
4. Having little or no detrimental effect; harmless: a chemical additive that is environmentally benign.
5. Medicine. Of no danger to health; not recurrent or progressive; not malignant: a benign tumor.

Synonyms: favorable, propitious, auspicious, benign, conducive
These adjectives describe what is indicative of a successful outcome. Favorable can refer to what contributes in a positive way to the attainment of a goal: a favorable review. Propitious implies a favorable tendency or inclination: “Miracles are propitious accidents” (George Santayana). Auspicious refers to what presages good fortune: an auspicious beginning. Benign applies to people or things that exert a beneficial influence: “I lingered round them, under that benign sky... and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth” (Emily Bront?. Something conducive leads or contributes to a result, often a desirable one: a quiet place conducive to reading.

benign

adj 1: not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor) [ant: malignant] 2: pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air" [syn: benignant] [ant: malign] 3: of disposition or manner; "the benign ruler of millions"; "benign intentions"

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cf. <ant> malignant

1 : tending to produce death or deterioration <malignant malaria>; especially : tending to infiltrate, metastasize, and terminate fatally <malignant tumors> —compare BENIGN 1
2 : of unfavorable prognosis : not responding favorably to treatment <psychotic reactions with a malignant trend>

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benign 상냥한 친절한 자애로운 (단어 발음의 뉘앙스를 느끼며 넌 참 ~비나인한~ 사람이야..)