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Obsequious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Obsequious? [adj] attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants" [adj] attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery Synonyms \| Synonyms for Obsequious: bootlicking \| fawning \| insincere \| servile \| sycophantic \| toadyish Related Terms \| Find terms related to Obsequious: abject \| adulatory \| ass-kissing \| backscratching \| beggarly \| bland \| blandishing \| blarneying \| bootlicking \| brown-nosing \| buttery \| cajoling \| complimentary \| courtierly \| courtly \| cowering \| crawling \| cringing \| crouching \| deferential \| fair-spoken \| fawning \| fine-spoken \| flattering \| footlicking \| fulsome \| groveling \| gushing \| hangdog \| honeyed \| honey-mouthed \| honey-tongued \| ingratiating \| insincere \| insinuating \| low \| mealymouthed \| mealy-mouthed \| menial \| obeisant \| oily \| oily-tongued \| on bended knee \| parasitic \| prone \| prostrate \| servile \| slavish \| slimy \| slobbery \| smarmy \| smooth \| smooth-spoken \| smooth-tongued \| sniveling \| soapy \| soft-soaping \| sponging \| submissive \| subservient \| sycophantic \| sycophantical \| sycophantish \| timeserving \| toadeating \| toadying \| toadyish \| truckling \| unctuous \| wheedling See Also \| Obsequious In Webster's Dictionary \Obse"quious\, a. [L. obsequiosus, fr. obsequium compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs['e]quieux, See {Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequy}.] 1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted. [Obs.] His servants weeping, Obsequious to his orders, bear him hither. --Addison. 2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite. There lies ever in ``obsequious'' at the present the sense of an observance which is overdone, of an unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of another. --Trench. 3. [See {Obsequy}.] Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal. [R.] ``To do obsequious sorrow.'' --Shak. Syn: Compliant; obedient; servile. See {Yielding}.

Obsequious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obsequious?

[adj] attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants"
[adj] attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

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Obsequious In Webster's Dictionary

\Ob*se"qui*ous\, a. [L. obsequiosus, fr. obsequium
compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs['e]quieux,
See {Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequy}.]
1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another;
   compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
   [Obs.]

         His servants weeping, Obsequious to his orders, bear
         him hither.                           --Addison.

2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess;
   cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.

         There lies ever in ``obsequious'' at the present the
         sense of an observance which is overdone, of an
         unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of
         another.                              --Trench.

3. [See {Obsequy}.] Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
   [R.] ``To do obsequious sorrow.'' --Shak.

Syn: Compliant; obedient; servile. See {Yielding}.

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