Complaisant

//kəmˈpleɪsənt// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Compliant.
  2. 2
    Willing to do what pleases others; obliging; agreeable.

    "Replay our conversation You threw your accusations I'm always so complaisant I never change the station"

  3. 3
    Polite; showing respect. archaic

    "The People who had often heard of me, were very curious to croud about the Sedan, and the Girl was complaiſant enough to make the Bearers ſtop, and to take me in her Hand that I might be conveniently ſeen."

Adjective
  1. 1
    showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
accommodatingabjectacceptingaccommodativeacquiescentadaptable

Example

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"Susan was so complaisant that she rarely did anything she would have preferred to do."

Etymology

From French complaisant (“willing to please”), from complaire, from Latin complacēre (“please well”), from com- (“with”) + placeō (“please”).

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