Meaning of nice guy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An inoffensive adult male who desires romantic companionship but who is too bland and uninspiring to be attractive.
   euphemistic, idiomatic
2. A man who pretends to be kind and polite with the goal of attracting women, often becoming hostile and misogynistic when their advances are rebuffed; someone affected by nice guy syndrome.
   Internet, derogatory, sarcastic
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nice, guy.

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Examples

“1999, The 'Nice Guy' Syndrome, Self-Help Informational Resources, The Counseling Center for Human Development, The University of South Florida https://web.archive.org/web/19991013184527/http://usfweb.usf.edu/counsel/self-hlp/niceguy.htm The nice guy, they say⟳, finishes last⟳. But in romantic relationships, the nice guy often isn't even in the running. […] The nice guy may have⟳ expressed an interest⟳ in dating you…. The nice guy is the person who you trust⟳ and feel⟳ comfortable with, but don't see⟳ as "fun" or "challenging" or really all that "interesting," other than as a friend, of course.”

“"My frustrations were pretty typical Nice Guy relationship issues," he says. "Not feeling appreciated, not feeling sexually desired by my wife. I didn't feel⟳ like⟳...I received as much as I gave."”

“2005 September 18, "Dirty D.", Lost Romanticism and the Manwhore, DiaryLand, at uberfrau.diaryland.com Nice guys are historically the grail of dating. […] As both Nora and I reminisced and compared how we were treated by the manwhore and by the nice guy, the manwhore always won out.”

“Plenty of men will treat⟳ women kindly, but Nice Guys like⟳ to think⟳ that behaving kindly earns them a gold star. It doesn't.”

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