Complaisant 601 Words You Need to Know

Complaisant 601 Words You Need to Know

/kəmˈpleɪ.zənt/ (adj)

Definition

tending to please others through politeness and submissiveness, accommodating, acquiescent, supportive, willing, obliging, docile, cooperative, obedient, compliant

Example

Both complacent and complaisant descend from Latin complacere, “to please, to be pleasant,” but they have acquired different meanings in English.

Complacent (adjective): feeling or showing pleasure or satisfaction, especially in one’s own conditions; self-satisfied.

Complaisant (adjective): the action or habit of making oneself agreeable.
complaisance (noun): courtesy, politeness.

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Antonyms

difficult

Parts of speech

Noun: complaisance

Adverb: complaisantly

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