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Antonyms for compliable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuh m-plahy-uh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈplaɪ ə bəl |
Definition of compliable
- As in obsequious : adj groveling, submissive
- You must send me no more letters: but a compliable one you may send.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Mr. Wheler was taken off,—despair perhaps rendering the man, who had been in opposition futilely before, compliable.
- Extract from : « The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. X. (of 12) » by Edmund Burke
Synonyms for compliable
- abject
- beggarly
- brownnosing
- complacent
- compliable
- compliant
- cringing
- crouching
- deferential
- enslaved
- fawning
- flattering
- ingratiating
- kowtowing
- menial
- obeisant
- oily
- parasitic
- parasitical
- prostrate
- respectful
- servile
- slavish
- sneaking
- sniveling
- spineless
- stipendiary
- subject
- submissive
- subordinate
- subservient
- sycophantic
- toadying
- unctuous
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