complaisant

• Beschreibt eine Person, die bereit ist, anderen zu gefallen oder ihnen gefällig zu sein; dienstfertig, nachgiebig und entgegenkommend, teils mit dem Nebenton der Gefügigkeit.

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone who is willing to please others or is obliging and agreeable.

1. Willing to pleaseC1formal

   Showing a cheerful and obliging willingness to do favors for others, often to the point of being overly agreeable.

   Gefällig

   • The complaisant waiter happily accommodated our special requests.
   • She was so complaisant that she never refused anyone's request.
   • His complaisant nature made him a favorite among his colleagues.

   Synonymeaccommodatingagreeableamenablebiddabledeferentialdocileindulgentobligingtractableyielding

   Antonymechurlishcontrarydisobliginggrumpyinflexibleintractableobdurateobstinaterefractoryrudestubbornsurlyunaccommodatingunmannerlyunyielding