Obligingness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/əblˈaɪdʒɪŋnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/əblˈaɪdʒɪŋnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/əblˈaɪdʒɪŋnəs/

4 syllables Say it as /əblˈaɪdʒɪŋnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

compliance compliancy deference complaisance

Word Forms

complaisant	adjective	showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
compliant	adjective	disposed or willing to comply
comply	verb	act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
obliging	adjective	showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
deferential	adjective	showing deference
deferent	adjective	showing deference

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Entgegenkommen

eine Neigung oder Tendenz, dem Willen anderer nachzugeben

🇫🇷French

obligeance

une disposition ou une tendance à céder à la volonté des autres

🇪🇸Spanish

obligación

una disposición o tendencia a ceder a la voluntad de los demás

🇮🇹Italian

obbligazione

una disposizione o tendenza a cedere alla volontà degli altri

🇳🇱Dutch

gedienstigheid

een neiging of neiging om toe te geven aan de wil van anderen

🇵🇹Portuguese

gentileza

uma disposição ou tendência para ceder à vontade dos outros

🇷🇺Russian

услужливость

склонность или склонность подчиняться воле других

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मुरौवत

दूसरों की इच्छा के आगे झुकने का स्वभाव या प्रवृत्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

বাধ্যতা

অন্যের ইচ্ছার কাছে আত্মসমর্পণ করার একটি স্বভাব বা প্রবণতা

🇮🇳Tamil

கடமைப்பாடு

மற்றவர்களின் விருப்பத்திற்கு இணங்கும் தன்மை அல்லது போக்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

బాధ్యత

ఇతరుల ఇష్టానికి లొంగిపోయే స్వభావం లేదా ధోరణి

🇮🇳Marathi

बंधन

इतरांच्या इच्छेला बळी पडण्याची प्रवृत्ती किंवा प्रवृत्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફરજ

સ્વભાવ અથવા અન્યની ઇચ્છાને વળગી રહેવાની વૃત્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಾಧ್ಯತೆ

ಇತರರ ಇಚ್ಛೆಗೆ ಮಣಿಯುವ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കടപ്പാട്

മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ ഇഷ്ടത്തിന് വഴങ്ങുന്ന സ്വഭാവം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പ്രവണത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਚਨਬੱਧਤਾ

ਦੂਜਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਇੱਛਾ ਦੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਝੁਕਣ ਦਾ ਸੁਭਾਅ ਜਾਂ ਰੁਝਾਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

فرضیت

دوسروں کی مرضی کے مطابق ہونے کا رجحان یا رجحان

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

乐于助人

屈服于他人意志的倾向或倾向

🇯🇵Japanese

義務感

他人の意志に屈する性質または傾向

🇰🇷Korean

의무감

다른 사람의 의지에 굴복하려는 성향이나 경향

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự phục tùng

một khuynh hướng hoặc xu hướng nhượng bộ ý muốn của người khác

🇹🇭Thai

ความมีน้ำใจ

นิสัยหรือแนวโน้มที่จะยอมจำนนต่อความประสงค์ของผู้อื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

kewajiban

disposisi atau kecenderungan untuk menyerah pada keinginan orang lain

🇲🇾Malay

kewajipan

kecenderungan atau kecenderungan untuk mengalah kepada kehendak orang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إلزام

التصرف أو الميل إلى الاستسلام لإرادة الآخرين

🇮🇷Persian

تعهد

تمایل یا تمایل به تسلیم شدن در برابر اراده دیگران

🇹🇷Turkish

yardımseverlik

başkalarının iradesine boyun eğme eğilimi veya eğilimi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מחויבות

נטייה או נטייה להיכנע לרצונם של אחרים

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