Word Meanings - COMPLAISANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman. There are to whom my satire seems too bold: Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough. Pope. Syn. -- Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite; well-bred.
Additional info about word: COMPLAISANT
Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman. There are to whom my satire seems too bold: Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough. Pope. Syn. -- Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite; well-bred. See Obliging. -- Com"plai*sant`ly, adv. -- Com"plai*sant`ness, n.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COMPLAISANT)
- affable
- Courteous
- accessible
- condescending
- conversible
- gracious
- sociable
- gentle
- complaisant
- urbane
- polite
- easy
- approachable
- Agreeable
- Obliging
- pleasant
- accommodating
- grateful
- acceptable
- welcome
- suitable
- consistent
- consonant
- amiable
- gratifying
- pleasing
- good-natured
- Bland
- Soft
- mild
- courteous
- tender
- benign
- Civil
- Well-mannered
- political
- well-bred
- obliging
- respectful
- Kind
- considerate
- compliant
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COMPLAISANT)
Related words: (words related to COMPLAISANT)
- URBANE
Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant. - ACCEPTABLE
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us. - TENDER
A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like. 3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water. (more info) 1. One who tends; one who takes - POLITENESS
1. High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance. Evelyn. 2. The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions. Syn. -- Courtesy; good breeding; refinement; urbanity; - APPROPRIATENESS
The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude. - POLITE
1. Smooth; polished. Rays of light falling on a polite surface. Sir I. Newton. 2. Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil. He marries, bows at court, and grows polite. Pope. 3. Characterized - BLANDLY
In a bland manner; mildly; suavely. - OBLIGABLE
Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is obligable; and another is not. Emerson. - BLANDNESS
The state or quality of being bland. - CONSISTENTLY
In a consistent manner. - AMIABLENESS
The quality of being amiable; amiability. - OBLIGER
One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton. - TENDERLY
In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly. Chaucer. - TENDERNESS
The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective). Syn. -- Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy. - AMIABLE
friend, fr. amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. aimable, L. amabilis lovable, fr. amare to love. Cf. Amicable, 1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. So amiable a prospect. Sir T. Herbert. 2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; - RETAINMENT
The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More. - OBLIGEMENT
Obligation. I will not resist, therefore, whatever it is, either of divine or human obligement, that you lay upon me. Milton. - APPROPRIATE
Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. In its strict and appropriate meaning. Porteus. Appropriate acts of divine worship. Stillingfleet. It is not at all times easy to find words - WITHDRAWAL
The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. Fielding. - DISAGREEABLENESS
The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness. - INGRATEFUL
1. Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative. Milton. He proved extremely false and ingrateful to me. Atterbury. 2. Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive. He gives . . . no ingrateful food. Milton. -- In"grate`ful*ly, adv. -- In"grate`ful*ness, - INCIVIL
Uncivil; rude. Shak. - ANTHROPOLITE
A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it. - DISGRACIOUS
Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable. Shak. - METROPOLITICAL
Of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair. Bp. Hall. - UNPOLITE
Not polite; impolite; rude. -- Un`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Un`po*lite"ness, n.