obsequious 音标拼音: [əbs'ikwiəs]
a . 谄媚的,奉承的,顺从的
谄媚的,奉承的,顺从的
obsequious adj 1 :
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery [
synonym : {
bootlicking }, {
fawning }, {
obsequious },
{
sycophantic }, {
toadyish }]
2 :
attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner ; "
obsequious shop assistants "
Obsequious \
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qui *
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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 .]
[
1913 Webster ]
His servants weeping ,
Obsequious to his orders ,
bear him hither .
--
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Servilely or meanly attentive ;
compliant to excess ;
cringing ;
fawning ;
as ,
obsequious flatterer ,
parasite .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . [
See {
Obsequy }.]
Of or pertaining to obsequies ;
funereal .
[
R .] "
To do obsequious sorrow ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Compliant ;
obedient ;
servile .
See {
Yielding }.
[
1913 Webster ]
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "
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 ,
honey -
mouthed ,
honey -
tongued ,
honeyed ,
ingratiating ,
insincere ,
insinuating ,
low ,
mealy -
mouthed ,
mealymouthed ,
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
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