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uncomplaining

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of uncomplaining

accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint

an uncomplaining hardworking employee

Synonyms of uncomplaining

forbearing, long-suffering, patient, stoic (or stoical), tolerant

Words Related to uncomplaining

acquiescent, passive, resigned, unresistant, yielding

agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, docile, obedient, placable, submissive, subordinate, tractable, willing

slavish, subservient

amiable, obliging

collected, composed

disciplined, self-contained, self-controlled

Near Antonyms of uncomplaining

defiant, resistant

contrary, disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly

Antonyms of uncomplaining

complaining, fed up, impatient, protesting

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