Obliging
Word | OBLIGING |
Character | 8 |
Hyphenation | o bli ging |
Pronunciations | /əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Obliging"
What do we mean by obliging?
Ready to do favors for others; accommodating. adjective
Having a disposition to oblige or confer favors; ready to do a good turn or to be of service: as, an obliging neighbor; hence, characteristic of one who is ready to do a favor; accommodating; kind; complaisant: as, an obliging disposition.
Synonyms Friendly. See polite.
Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind. adjective
Happy and ready to do favours for others. adjective
Present participle of oblige. verb
Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others adjective
To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
To be indebted to someone.
Obligation. An obligation is something you may not like or even enjoy doing but you do it out of respect or some profound sense of duty. Don't ever tell your girlfriend that you're attending her 21st birthday party out of obligation. She's not American born and English is her 2nd language; she doesn't fully understand its definition. She has absolutely zero respect and will never have any sense of duty. She will fight with you for days over the true definition of the word, implying that somehow, duty has a "negative" connotation. As she verbally castrates you, you will be constantly reminded of how pussy-whipped you are and how she abuses your fear of being alone to her advantage. Your relationship with the man eating bitch, no matter how gorgeous she is, will strongly parallel repeatedly running head first into a brick wall and loving it. Even after you’ve accepted defeat, admitted your wrong doings, and apologized for them, she will continue to berate you over the fact that she is never wrong. Four years of college… wasted out of fucking obligation. Obligation. Urban Dictionary
Someone bound by ones values and word to oblige by providing service and favors Word component and origin : (a) Word components of obligent = oblige + -ent (suffix equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns of Latin origin) (b) Origin of oblige (verb) is from Latin obligare (ob + ligare) meaning "to bind, bind up, bandage." In modern English means "to put under obligation." (c) The suffix -ant produces nouns from verbs. It has the general sense “characterized by or serving in the capacity of” that named by the stem, e.g. consultant = consult + ant = one serving to consult. Urban Dictionary
A short-hand version of obligatory. It can be used to show agreement or as a stand alone exclamation. Urban Dictionary
To agree to do something. To do something you feel obligated to do. To do something to pay a debt or putting someone in your debt. Urban Dictionary
After taking a filthy poop, wiping your butt and accidently getting some poop on the hand. Then, taking your hand and smelling it because you feel obligated to. You know it is going to smell like sh!t but you just are obligated. Urban Dictionary
Make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something. Urban Dictionary
Verb. When one is doing things out of obligation rather than wishes or desires. Urban Dictionary
To have to do something, regardless if you want to Urban Dictionary
An incorrect synonym for "obliged", which appears in some dictionaries, but none of the good ones. Urban Dictionary
A euphemism reffering to sexual intercourse, according to a Ugandan news host. Urban Dictionary
Synonyms and Antonyms for Obliging
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