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- Dictionaryobsequious/əbˈsiːkwɪəs/
adjective
- 1. obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree: "they were served by obsequious waiters"
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obsequious | American Dictionary. adjective. us / əbˈsi·kwi·əs, ɑb- / Add to word list. too eager to serve or obey someone: She is embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority. (Definition of obsequious from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of obsequious. obsequious.
The meaning of OBSEQUIOUS is marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness. How to use obsequious in a sentence. Follow Along With the Definition of Obsequious
Obsequious definition: characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please; fawning; ingratiating. See examples of OBSEQUIOUS used in a sentence.
adjective. formal disapproving us / əbˈsiː.kwi.əs / uk / əbˈsiː.kwi.əs / Add to word list. too eager to praise or obey someone: She is embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Praising insincerely or too eagerly. backhanded compliment. bootlicker. bow and scrape idiom. crawler. creep. flummery.
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 More Synonyms of obsequious.
If you disapprove of the overly submissive way someone is acting — like the teacher's pet or a celebrity's assistant — call them by the formal adjective obsequious. There are many words in the English language for a person or an action that is overly obedient and submissive.
adjective. /əbˈsiːkwiəs/ (formal, disapproving) trying too hard to please somebody, especially somebody who is important synonym servile. an obsequious manner. The waiters came hurrying forward with obsequious smiles on their faces. The service in the restaurant was attentive without being obsequious. Word Origin. Join us.
OBSEQUIOUS definition: too willing to praise or obey someone. Learn more.
obsequious meaning, definition, what is obsequious: very eager to please or agree with peopl...: Learn more.
Showing too great a willingness to serve or obey; fawning. Webster's New World. Compliant; dutiful. Webster's New World. (archaic) Obedient, compliant with someone else's orders or wishes. Wiktionary. Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey all instructions; fawning, subservient, servile. Wiktionary. More Adjective Definitions (1)
