complaisant

• Adjectif décrivant une personne qui cherche à plaire ou à être agréable envers les autres, souvent de manière obséquieuse ou trop accommodante. Il peut aussi qualifier une attitude souple et indulgente.

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.

   complaisant (empressé à plaire)

   • 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.

   Synonymesaccommodatingagreeableamenablebiddabledeferentialdocileindulgentobligingtractableyielding

   Antonymeschurlishcontrarydisobliginggrumpyinflexibleintractableobdurateobstinaterefractoryrudestubbornsurlyunaccommodatingunmannerlyunyielding