complaisant
/kum-PLAY-zunt/adjectiveeager to please; agreeably compliant
“A complaisant board approved every acquisition unread.”
- Synonyms
- obliging, agreeable, accommodating
- Antonyms
- obstinate, contrary
- Root
- plac- (please)
- Memory hook
- com + plais (please): bent on pleasing others.
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