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complaisant
complaisanteager to please; deferential; obliging; agreeable or gracious: He is a complaisant host.
Not to be confused with:complacent – self-satisfied; smug; unbothered: He is too complacent to make changes.compliant – inclined to act in accord with the rules; acquiescent: She has a compliant disposition.com·plai·sant C0527800 (kəm-plā′sənt, -zənt)adj. Exhibiting a desire or willingness to please; cheerfully obliging.
[French, from Old French, present participle of complaire, to please, from Latin complacēre; see complacent.]
com·plai′sant·ly adv.complaisant (kəmˈpleɪzənt) adjshowing a desire to comply or oblige; polite[C17: from French complaire, from Latin complacēre to please greatly; compare complacent] comˈplaisantly advcom•plai•sant (kəmˈpleɪ sənt, -zənt, ˈkɒm pləˌzænt)
adj. inclined to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant. [1640–50; < French, present participle of complaire < Latin complacēre] com•plai′sant•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | complaisant - showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"obligingaccommodating, accommodative - helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" |
complaisantadjectiveReady to do favors for another:accommodating, agreeable, indulgent, obliging.Translationsaffableaccondiscendentecompiacentecondiscendentedeferenteaanpassendrespectvoltegemoetkomendvoldoendcomplaisant
Synonyms for complaisantadj ready to do favors for anotherSynonyms- accommodating
- agreeable
- indulgent
- obliging
Synonyms for complaisantadj showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for othersSynonymsRelated Words- accommodating
- accommodative
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