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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Complaisant \Com"plai*sant\, a. [F. complaisant, p. pr. of complaire to acquiesce as a favor, fr. L. complacere. See Complacent.] Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Complaisant \Com"plai*sant\, a. [F. complaisant, p. pr. of complaire to acquiesce as a favor, fr. L. complacere. See Complacent.] 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.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
complaisant adj : showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave" [syn: obliging]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
complaisant Γαλλικά a. 1 εξυπηρετικός, φιλοφρονητικός 2 επιεικής με τον εαυτό τουFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
complaisant French a. (l en complaisant), obliging, eager to please French part.p. (present participle of fr complaire)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
complaisant a. 1 compliant. 2 Willing to do what please others; obliging; (l en agreeable). 3 (lb en archaic) polite; showing respect.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
complaisant French a. (l en complaisant), obliging, eager to please French part.p. (present participle of fr complaire)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
complaisant French a. (l en complaisant), obliging, eager to please French part.p. (present participle of fr complaire)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
complaisant Englanti a. kohtelias, hyväntahtoinenFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Complaisant /kəmplˈeɪsənt/ قنوعFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
complaisant //kəmˈpleɪsənt// //kəmˈpleɪzənt//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. отстъпчив compliant 2. вежлив polite 3. внимателен, любезен willing to do what pleases others
complaisant /kəmplˈeɪsənt/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]ochotný
complaisant /kəmplˈeɪsənt/ nachgiebig, fügsam, ergebenFrom English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ][soc.] Synonyms: acquiescent, biddable
complaisant /kəmplˈeɪsənt/ ljubazan, popustljiv, uslužan, učtivFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
complaisant /kəmplˈeɪsənt/ 1. engedékeny 2. szolgálatkész 3. nyájas 4. szívélyes 5. udvarias 6. elôzékenyFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
complaisant //kəmˈpleɪsənt// //kəmˈpleɪzənt//From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 : [ freedict:fra-bre ]1. foglig compliant 2. artig polite 3. tillmötesgående willing to do what pleases others
complaisant /kɔ̃plɛzˈɑ̃/ servijus, laouenFrom French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 : [ freedict:fra-bre ]
(mari c.) complaisant /kɔ̃plɛzˈɑ̃/ golo-pod (goloioù-pod /ɡolwaˈupˈɔd/)From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 : [ freedict:fra-bre ]
complaisant /kɔ̃plɛzˈɑ̃/ lezoberFrom French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 : [ freedict:fra-eng ]
complaisant /kɔ̃plɛzɑ̃/From français-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-fin ]kind, obliging
complaisant /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃/From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:fra-nld ]mukaantuva Qui a de la complaisance
complaisant /kõplɛzã/ 1. bereidvaardig, bereidwillig, schikkelijk, voorkomend, welwillend 2. attent, toeschietelijkFrom français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-por ]
complaisant /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃/From français-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-rus ]complacente Qui a de la complaisance
complaisant /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃/From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]1. услужливый (En particulier) (Politique) Qui favorise la classe dirigeante 2. снисходительный (En particulier) Qui favorise les galanteries d'un autre 3. любезный Qui a de la complaisance
From IPA:fr : [ IPA:fr ]/kəmˈpɫeɪsənt/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/kɔ̃plɛzɑ̃/
121 Moby Thesaurus words for "complaisant": abject, accepting, accommodating, accommodative, acquiescent, adaptable, adaptive, adjustable, affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, assenting, attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, cheerful, civil, compatible, compliable, compliant, complying, conformable, congenial, consenting, considerate, cordial, courteous, decent, deferential, delicate, desirable, dulcet, easy, en rapport, enjoyable, fair, fair and pleasant, felicific, felicitous, fine, flexible, generous, genial, gentle, good, good-humored, good-natured, good-tempered, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, gratifying, harmonious, heart-warming, heedful, helpful, honeyed, indulgent, kind, kindly, lenient, likable, malleable, mellifluous, mellow, mellowy, mild, mindful, mindful of others, mollified, nice, nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive, nonrigid, obedient, obliging, other-directed, overindulgent, overpermissive, passive, permissive, plastic, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, pliant, polite, regardful, resigned, respectful, rewarding, satisfying, servile, soft, soft as putty, softened, solicitous, submissive, subservient, supine, sweet, tactful, tender, thoughtful, tolerant, tractable, unassertive, uncomplaining, unresistant, unresisting, urbane, welcome, whisper-softFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 彬彬有礼的,殷勤的,柔顺的;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 彬彬有礼的,殷勤的,柔顺的