ADJECTIVE | all | obliging, complaisant | showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others |
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Sounds | ahblay'jhihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others. | |
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Example | "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave" | |
Synonym | complaisant | |
Broader | accommodating, accommodative | helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation |
Spanish | atento, complaciente, servicial, solícito | |
Catalan | atent, complaent, servicial, sol·lícit | |
Nouns | obligingness | a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others |
Adverbs | obligingly | in accommodation |
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