For this month's 10 Words feature, we’ve chosen a word that we’ve occasionally heard teachers describe as their nemesis: nice. Here are 10 alternatives you can use instead: affable – diffusing warmth and friendliness My sister was in an affable mood and agreed to lend me her bike. amusing – providing enjoyment, pleasantly entertaining, arousing or provoking laughter She was a friendly and amusing person. charming – pleasing or delighting Her friends adored her mother who was charming and always knew the right thing to say. delightful – greatly pleasing or ent...
Nice. It’s probably one of the most-used words in the English language. Chances are you’ve been advised not to use it by a teacher. I wouldn’t be surprised if we feature it for one of our 10 Words blog posts in the future. If something is nice, it is ‘pleasant’. You can read the full Spellzone dictionary definition of the word here. Here is nice used in some example sentences: The weather is supposed be nice this weekend. He wasn’t very nice to his parents. Last week we looked at the word 'kind', which originally meant ‘treating someone like family’, and it's quite easy to im...
November 13th marks World Kindness Day, which was introduced by the World Kindness Movement in 1998. The World Kindness Movement is a ‘legally registered not-for-profit organization with no political, commercial or religious affiliations’. Members of the World Kindness Movement span 27 different countries and their mission is to ‘inspire individuals towards greater kindness by connecting nations to create a kinder world’. World Kindness Day aims to celebrate and promote kindness in the many different forms it comes in. Click here for ideas for how you can celebrate World Kindness Day in your communities. The Spellzone dictionary defines kin...
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