obliging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪdʒɪŋ
• Hyphenation: ob‧lig‧ing

Adjective

obliging (comparative more obliging, superlative most obliging)

1. Happy and ready to do favours for others.

Synonyms

• accommodating, willing

Derived terms

• obligingly
• obligingness

Translations

Happy and ready to do favours for others

• Bulgarian: услужлив (bg) (uslužliv), любезен (bg) (ljubezen)
• Esperanto: komplezema
• Estonian: vastutulelik (et), abivalmis (et)
• French: serviable (fr)
• German: verbindlich (de)
• Hungarian: segítőkész (hu)
• Latin: mūnis
• Macedonian: љубезен m (ljubezen), услужлив m (uslužliv), пресретлив m (presretliv)
• Polish: uprzejmy (pl), usłużny (pl) m
• Portuguese: prestativo, solícito (pt)
• Russian: любе́зный (ru) (ljubéznyj), услужливый (ru) (uslužlivyj), предупредительный (ru) (predupreditelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: èasgaidh
• Spanish: acomedido (es) (Latin America), servicial (es)

Verb

obliging

1. present participle and gerund of oblige

Noun

obliging (plural obligings)

1. The imposition of an obligation.
   • 1840, Alexander MacDonald, Summary of the Catholic Religion:

     Many were the finings, and excommunications, and the obligings to do penances, that took place at this time.