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accommodating [uh-kom-uh-dey-ting] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for accommodating on Thesaurus.com adjective
- easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
Origin of accommodating First recorded in 1610–20; accommodate + -ing2 Related formsac·com·mo·dat·ing·ly, adverbnon·ac·com·mo·dat·ing, adjectivenon·ac·com·mo·dat·ing·ly, adverbnon·ac·com·mo·dat·ing·ness, nounpre·ac·com·mo·dat·ing·ly, adverbsu·per·ac·com·mo·dat·ing, adjectiveun·ac·com·mo·dat·ing, adjectiveun·ac·com·mo·dat·ing·ly, adverb Related Words for unaccommodating forced, afraid, evasive, unenthusiastic, resistant, loath, averse, reluctant, compelled, troublesome, tough, grim, demanding, intractable, against, backward, contrary, disinclined, hesitating, indisposed Examples from the Web for unaccommodating Historical Examples of unaccommodating
I will not deny, but I have no unaccommodating prejudiced habits.
Charles Dickens
They are noisy, vicious, unaccommodating and aggravating to a degree.
The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918
F.L. Morrison
But of all animals in the world a rhinoceros is, perhaps, the most unaccommodating.
Captain Mayne Reid
This was not because he was unaccommodating, but a proof of superior manners.
Henry David Thoreau
That unaccommodating tongue only moves with a soul behind it.
Paxton Hood
British Dictionary definitions for unaccommodating accommodating adjective
- willing to help; kind; obliging
Derived Formsaccommodatingly, adverb Word Origin and History for unaccommodating accommodating adj.
“obliging,” 1771, present participle adjective from accommodate.