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- Dictionaryobliging/əˈblʌɪdʒɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. willing to do a service or kindness; helpful: "one of the most obliging stewards"
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The meaning of OBLIGING is willing to do favors : helpful. How to use obliging in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Obliging.
OBLIGING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of obliging in English. obliging. adjective. approving uk / əˈblaɪ.dʒɪŋ / us / əˈblaɪ.dʒɪŋ / Add to word list. willing or eager to help: He found an obliging doctor who gave him the drugs he needed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Kind & thoughtful. accommodatingly. attentively
Obliging is used to describe someone who is willing or eager to politely do things for others, such as performing favors or services for them, as in a most obliging host. It can also describe such a person’s actions, as in We appreciate your obliging service. A close synonym is accommodating.
If you describe someone as obliging, you think that they are willing and eager to be helpful.
If you're obliging, you're easy to get along with and eager to help. An obliging neighbor, for example, might volunteer to shovel your sidewalk after it snows. The adjective obliging is perfect for describing someone who is especially considerate and helpful.
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"
adjective. us / əˈblɑɪ·dʒɪŋ / obliging adjective (HELP) Add to word list Add to word list. willing or eager to help: An obliging neighbor helped her shovel the snow. obligingly. adverb us / əˈblɑɪ·dʒɪŋ·li / She obligingly offered us a lift. (Definition of obliging from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
