Antonyms for easy-going

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ee-zee-goh-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈi ziˈgoʊ ɪŋ

Definition of easy-going

Origin : also easygoing, 1640s, originally of horses, from easy + going.

As in patient : adj capable, willing to endure
As in permissive : adj lenient
As in slack : adj lazy, negligent
As in soft : adj compassionate
As in unaffected : adj unchanged, unmoved
As in unpretentious : adj simple, honest
As in unsociable : adj unfriendly
As in breezy : adj easy, lighthearted
As in carefree : adj lighthearted, untroubled
As in adaptable : adj able and usually willing to change
As in complacent : adj contented
As in complaisant : adj agreeable
As in equable : adj steady, calm

Example sentences :

Jesse Brown, his foreman, seemed to be loyal, but he was easy-going and weak.
Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

Would n't it be hard for a good-tempered, easy-going fellow?
Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. » by Charles James Lever

The easy-going, relaxed attitude of Ricardo was really appalling.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

He is unwilling, like most easy-going men, to inflict that kind of pain.
Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell

We were all a very genial, congenial party of easy-going geniuses.
Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland

An easy-going man, he did not cross bridges till he came to them.
Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine

But Quin shrugged his shoulders with a slow, easy-going laugh.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

They take liberties, damnable liberties, because I am easy-going.
Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer

Such a quiet, easy-going life these Firdale people seemed to lead.
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

Oscar and me have always been easy-going and we've never made any fuss.
Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather

Synonyms for easy-going

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