Antonyms of adj complaisant

1 sense of complaisant

Sense 1
complaisant, obliging -- (showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave")

INDIRECT (VIA accommodating) -> unaccommodating, unobliging -- (not accommodating; "the unaccommodating bus driver pulled out while she was banging on the door")

Similarity of adj complaisant

1 sense of complaisant

Sense 1
complaisant, obliging -- (showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave")
       => accommodating (vs. unaccommodating), accommodative -- (helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating")

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