gratuitous 音標拼音: [grət'uətəs]
a . 免費的,無理由的
免費的,無理由的
gratuitous adj 1 :
without cause ; "
a gratuitous insult "
2 :
costing nothing ; "
complimentary tickets "; "
free admission "
[
synonym : {
complimentary }, {
costless }, {
free }, {
gratis (
p )},
{
gratuitous }]
3 :
unnecessary and unwarranted ; "
a strikers '
tent camp ...
was burned with needless loss of life " [
synonym : {
gratuitous },
{
needless }, {
uncalled -
for }]
Gratuitous \
Gra *
tu "
i *
tous \
a . [
L .
gratuitus ,
from gratus pleasing .
See {
Grate },
a ., {
Gratis .}]
1 .
Given without an equivalent or recompense ;
conferred without valuable consideration ;
granted without pay ,
or without claim or merit ;
not required by justice .
[
1913 Webster ]
We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry . --
L '
Estrange .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Not called for by the circumstances ;
without reason ,
cause ,
or proof ;
adopted or asserted without any good ground ;
as ,
a gratuitous assumption .
[
1913 Webster ]
Acts of gratuitous self -
humiliation . --
De Quincye .
-- {
Gra *
tu "
i *
tous *
ly },
adv . -- {
Gra *
tu "
i *
tous *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
180 Moby Thesaurus words for "
gratuitous ":
God -
given ,
accorded ,
aimless ,
allowed ,
amorphous ,
arbitrary ,
autonomous ,
baseless ,
bestowed ,
biggety ,
bluff ,
bottomless ,
brash ,
capricious ,
casual ,
charitable ,
cheeky ,
chutzpadik ,
cocky ,
complimentary ,
contemptuous ,
costless ,
crusty ,
de trop ,
derisive ,
desultory ,
disarticulated ,
discontinuous ,
discretional ,
discretionary ,
disjunct ,
disordered ,
dispensable ,
dispersed ,
disproportionate ,
disrespectful ,
elective ,
eleemosynary ,
erratic ,
excess ,
expendable ,
expenseless ,
expletive ,
facy ,
fitful ,
flip ,
flippant ,
for free ,
for love ,
for nothing ,
formless ,
free ,
free as air ,
free for nothing ,
free gratis ,
free of charge ,
free of cost ,
free will ,
freebie ,
fresh ,
frivolous ,
gally ,
giftlike ,
given ,
granted ,
gratis ,
groundless ,
haphazard ,
hit -
or -
miss ,
immethodical ,
impertinent ,
impudent ,
in excess ,
inchoate ,
incoherent ,
indefensible ,
independent ,
indiscriminate ,
irrational ,
irregular ,
malapert ,
meaningless ,
misshapen ,
needless ,
nervy ,
nonessential ,
nonmandatory ,
nonsymmetrical ,
nonsystematic ,
nonuniform ,
offered ,
on the house ,
optional ,
orderless ,
pert ,
planless ,
pleonastic ,
proffered ,
prolix ,
promiscuous ,
providential ,
random ,
reasonless ,
redundant ,
rude ,
sassy ,
saucy ,
self -
acting ,
self -
active ,
self -
determined ,
self -
determining ,
senseless ,
shapeless ,
smart ,
smart -
alecky ,
smart -
ass ,
spare ,
spasmodic ,
spontaneous ,
sporadic ,
straggling ,
straggly ,
supererogatory ,
superfluous ,
systemless ,
tautologic ,
tautologous ,
to spare ,
unarranged ,
unasked ,
unbesought ,
unbidden ,
unbought ,
uncalled -
for ,
unclassified ,
uncoerced ,
uncompelled ,
undirected ,
unessential ,
unforced ,
unfounded ,
ungraded ,
ungrounded ,
uninfluenced ,
uninvited ,
unjoined ,
unjustifiable ,
unjustified ,
unlooked -
for ,
unmethodical ,
unnecessary ,
unneeded ,
unordered ,
unorganized ,
unpaid -
for ,
unpressured ,
unprompted ,
unrequested ,
unrequired ,
unsolicited ,
unsorted ,
unsought ,
unsupportable ,
unsymmetrical ,
unsystematic ,
untaxed ,
ununiform ,
unwarranted ,
unwelcome ,
vague ,
verbose ,
voluntary ,
volunteer ,
vouchsafed ,
wandering ,
wanton ,
willful ,
willing ,
wise -
ass ,
without charge
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