单词 | obsequious |
释义 | obsequious (ɒbsiːkwiəs ) adjective If you describe someone as obsequious, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to help or agree with someone more important than them. [disapproval] Perhaps your mother was very obsequious to doctors. Synonyms: servile, flattering, cringing, fawning obsequiously adverb [ADVERB with verb] He smiled and bowed obsequiously to Winger. Synonyms: ingratiatingly, slavishly, on your knees, abjectly obsequiousness uncountable noun His tone quickly changed from obsequiousness to outright anger. |
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