mindmap root((和善)) amiable implies having qualities that make one liked and easy to deal with: a travel club that attracts ~ types. good-natured implies a cheerful willingness to please or to be helpful and sometimes to permit imposition: a ~ boy always willing to pitch in. obliging stresses a friendly readiness to be helpful or to accommodate to the wishes of others: our ~ innkeeper granted our request. complaisant often implies passivity or a weakly amiable willingness to yield to others through a desire to please or to be agreeable: ~ people who only say what others want to hear.