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English-Thai Dictionary

acquiescent

A ยอมรับ ใน ใจ  yom-rab-nai-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACQUIESCENT

a.Resting satisfied; easy; submitting; disposed to submit.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACQUIESCENT

Ac `qui *es "cent, a. Etym: [L. acquiescens, -; p. pr. ]

 

Defn: Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.

 

ACQUIESCENTLY

ACQUIESCENTLY Ac `qui *es "cent *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an acquiescent manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

acquiescent

ac qui es cent |ˌakwēˈesənt ˌækwiˈɛsnt | adjective ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants: the unions were acquiescent and there was no overt conflict. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin acquiescent- remaining at rest, from the verb acquiescere (see acquiesce ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

acquiescent

ac ¦qui |es ¦cent |akwɪˈɛs (ə )nt | adjective ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants: his acquiescent mood. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin acquiescent- remaining at rest , from the verb acquiescere (see acquiesce ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

acquiescent

acquiescent adjective the apolitical and acquiescent masses: compliant, complying, consenting, cooperative, willing, obliging, agreeable, amenable, tractable, persuadable, pliant, flexible, unprotesting; submissive, servile, subservient, obsequious, self-effacing, unassertive, yielding, biddable, docile, deferential; rare obeisant, longanimous.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

acquiescent

acquiescent adjective the masses are generally apolitical and acquiescent: compliant, complying, consenting, cooperative, willing, obliging, agreeable, amenable, tractable, persuadable, easily persuaded, pliant, flexible, easy, unprotesting, resigned; submissive, servile, subservient, obsequious, ingratiating, toadying, Uriah Heepish, self-effacing, unassertive, yielding, biddable, docile, deferential, respectful; informal bootlicking; rare obeisant, persuasible, suasible, convincible, susceptive, longanimous, resistless.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

acquiescent

ac qui es cent /æ̀kwiés (ə )nt /形容詞 かたく 黙認 [黙従 ]する .ly 副詞 黙認 [黙従 ]して .