complaisant
adjective
inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant.
uncomplaisant
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a word derived from
complaisant.
Example Sentences
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It was in an uncomplaisant tone that Anna invited Willie Price to the front parlour: nervousness always made her seem harsh and moreover she had not the trick of hiding firmness under suavity.
From Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
His great puzzle was the Anglo-Saxon, cold, austere and uncomplaisant.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
