complaisant
21complaisant — adjective Etymology: French, from Middle French, from present participle of complaire to gratify, acquiesce, from Latin complacēre Date: 1638 1. marked by an inclination to please or oblige 2. tending to consent to others wishes Synonyms: see… …
22complaisant — adjective /kəmˈpleɪsənt/ a) compliant b) Willing to do what pleases others …
23complaisant — Synonyms and related words: abject, accepting, accommodating, accommodative, acquiescent, adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, assenting, attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, cheerful, civil,… …
24complaisant — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. obliging, amiable, compliant; see docile , friendly 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. agreeable, obliging, pleasing, solicitous, gracious, accommodating, deferential, conciliatory, compliant. ANT.: disagreeable,… …
25complaisant — com plai·sant || nt adj. inclined to please, acquiescent; gracious …
26complaisant — a. Obliging, compliant, yielding, affable, gracious, courteous, polite, civil, debonair, familiar, easy, well bred, complacent …
27complaisant — adj 1. obliging, agreeable, accommodating, amenable, reasonable; deferential, respectful, submissive, acquiescent, yielding, conciliatory; compliant, pliant, flexible, pliable, conformable. 2. gracious, pleasant, complacent, genial; amiable,… …
28complaisant — com·plai·sant …
29complaisant — com•plai•sant [[t]kəmˈpleɪ sənt, zənt, ˈkɒm pləˌzænt[/t]] adj. inclined to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant • Etymology: 1640–50; < F, prp. of complaire < L complacēre com•plai′sant•ly, adv …
30complaisant — /kəmˈpleɪsənt / (say kuhm playsuhnt), / zənt/ (say zuhnt) adjective disposed to please; obliging; agreeable; gracious; compliant. {French, present participle of complaire please, from Latin complacēre} –complaisantly, adverb …
