obliging

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
Rhymes: -aɪdʒɪŋ
Hyphenation: ob‧lig‧ing

Adjective

obliging (comparative more obliging, superlative most obliging)

Happy and ready to do favours for others.

Synonyms

accommodating, willing

Derived terms

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

present participle of oblige

Noun

obliging (plural obligings)

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.

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