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View usage for: (ɒbsiːkwiəs) adjectiveIf 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 More Synonyms of obsequious obsequiously adverb [ADVERB with verb] He smiled and bowed obsequiously to Winger. Synonyms: ingratiatingly, slavishly, on your knees, abjectly More Synonyms of obsequious obsequiousness uncountable noun His tone quickly changed from obsequiousness to outright anger. obsequious in British English (əbˈsiːkwɪəs) adjective1. obedient or attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner 2. rare submissive or compliant Derived forms obsequiously (obˈsequiously) adverb obsequiousness (obˈsequiousness) noun Word origin C15: from Latin obsequiōsus compliant, from obsequium compliance, from obsequi to follow, from ob- to + sequi to follow obsequious in American English (əbˈsikwiəs; ɑbˈsikwiəs) adjective1. showing too great a willingness to serve or obey; fawning 2. Archaic compliant; dutiful Derived forms obsequiously (obˈsequiously) adverb obsequiousness (obˈsequiousness) noun Word origin ME obsequyouse < L obsequiosus < obsequium, compliance < obsequi, to comply with < ob- (see ob-) + sequi, to follow: see sequent Examples of 'obsequious' in a sentenceobsequious Definition being overattentive in order to gain favour She is positively obsequious to anyone with a title. Synonyms cringing grovelling mealy-mouthed toadying bootlicking (informal) toadyish Additional synonymsDefinition lacking all self-respect He sounded abject and eager to please. Synonyms servile, humble, humiliating, craven, cringing, fawning, submissive, grovelling, subservient, slavish, mean, low, obsequiousDefinition showing respect stars who like five-star hotels and deferential treatment Synonyms respectful, civil, polite, courteous, considerate, obedient, submissive, dutiful, ingratiating, reverential, obsequious, complaisant, obeisant, regardfulflanked on all sides by fawning minions Synonyms obsequious, crawling, flattering, cringing, abject, grovelling, prostrate, deferential, sycophantic, servile, slavish, bowing and scraping, bootlicking (informal) Nearby words ofobsequious - obscure
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Additional synonymsThe press was flattering. Synonyms ingratiating, complimentary, gratifying, fawning, sugary, fulsome, laudatory, adulatory, honeyed, honey-tongued His fellow students had found him too ingratiating. Synonyms sycophantic, servile, obsequious, crawling, humble, flattering, fawning, unctuous, toadying, bootlicking (informal), timeservingDefinition involving or doing boring work of low status low-paid menial jobs such as cleaning Synonyms low-status, degrading, lowly, unskilled, low, base, sorry, boring, routine, dull, humble, mean, vile, demeaning, fawning, abject, grovelling, humdrum, subservient, ignominious, sycophantic, servile, slavish, ignoble, obsequiousDefinition of or like a slave slavish devotion Synonyms servile, cringing, abject, submissive, grovelling, mean, low, base, fawning, despicable, menial, sycophantic, obsequiousDefinition unpleasantly flattering or polite He is slightly smarmy and eager to impress. Synonyms obsequious, slimy (British), ingratiating, unctuous, smooth, crawling, greasy, oily, fawning, suave, soapy (slang), fulsome, sycophantic, servile, toadying, bowing and scraping, bootlicking (informal) Definition showing quiet obedience Most doctors want their patients to be submissive. Synonyms meek, passive, obedient, compliant, patient, resigned, yielding, accommodating, humble, subdued, lowly, abject, amenable, docile, dutiful, ingratiating, malleable, deferential, pliant, obsequious, uncomplaining, tractable, acquiescent, biddable, unresisting, bootlicking (informal), obeisant Definition overeager to carry out someone else's wishes He expects all the staff to be subservient to him. Synonyms servile, submissive, deferential, subject, inferior, abject, sycophantic, slavish, obsequious, truckling, bootlicking (informal) his clique of sycophantic friends Synonyms obsequious, grovelling, ingratiating, servile, crawling, flattering, cringing, fawning, slimy (British), slavish, unctuous, smarmy (British, informal), toadying, parasitical, arse-licking (taboo, slang), bootlicking (informal), timeservingDefinition pretending to be kind and concerned but obviously not sincere the kind of unctuous tone that I've heard at diplomatic parties Synonyms obsequious, smooth, slick, plausible, oily, gushing, fawning, suave, glib, ingratiating, insincere, sycophantic, smarmy (British, informal) |