Obsequious synonyms

ŏb-sē'kwē-əs, əb-

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fawning
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mealy-mouthed
Prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright
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kowtowing
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cowering
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menial
The definition of menial describes something that doesn't require much skill or thought.
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submissive
The definition of submissive is willing to do what others want.
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toadying
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brown-nosing
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deferential
The definition of deferential is behavior or actions that show respect.
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servile
(Grammar) Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.
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subject
Prone; disposed:
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enslaved
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parasitical
Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic
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stipendiary
Of, or having the nature of, a stipend
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groveling
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spineless
Having no backbone; invertebrate
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crouching
That crouches or crouch.
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subservient
Useful in an inferior capacity.
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abject
Thoroughgoing; complete. Used to modify pejorative nouns:
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beggarly
(By extension) inadequate or meagre.
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sniveling
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prostrate
Growing flat along the ground. Creeping jenny, pennyroyal, and many species of ivy have a prostrate growth habit.
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sneaking
Cowardly, stealthy, underhanded, or furtive
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oily
Covered with oil; fat; greasy
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flunkyish
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toad-eating
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insulting (antonym)
Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
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proud (antonym)
Occasioning or being a reason for pride:
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haughty (antonym)
The definition of haughty is an arrogant person.
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docile (related)
Ready to accept instruction or direction.
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obedient (related)
Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority.
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attentive
Showing care for the needs or desires of others; caring or courteous.
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compliant
Willing to comply; yielding; bending; pliant; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
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cringing
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domineering (antonym)
Arrogant; overbearing; tyrannical
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assertive (antonym)
Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive
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brazen (antonym)
Unrestrained by a sense of shame; rudely bold.
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confident (antonym)
The definition of confident is to be certain about something or feeling sure of yourself and your abilities.
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presumptuous (antonym)
Going beyond what is right or proper because of an excess of self-confidence or arrogance.
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arrogant (antonym)
Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt for others.
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slavish
Hopelessly submissive; servile
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over (related)
Finished; ended or concluded.
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sycophantical
Alternative form of sycophantic.
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supercilious (related)
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insolent (related)
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impudent (related)
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ungracious (related)
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officious (related)
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pompous (related)
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ill-natured (related)
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subordinate
(Grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
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slick
Superficially attractive or plausible but lacking depth or soundness:
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Obsequious Sentence Examples

  • The little girl had obsequious manners.

  • He was the creature of every passing mood or whim, incapable of cool and steady judgment or of the slightest self-control - an incalculable weathercock, blindly obsequious to every blast of passion.

  • Another characteristic of the de la Gardie government was its gross corruption, which made Sweden the obsequious hireling of that foreign power which had the longest purse.

  • His obsequious language on this occasion, and the favours with which it was rewarded, formed a too violent contrast to the determined attitude of the university of Paris, which, tired of the schism, was even then demanding the resignation of the two pontiffs.

  • The rest of the Jews rated the Sadducees as atheists, just as the rest of the Greeks rated the Epicureans as atheists and discerned, as Plutarch said, the sardonic grin behind the mask of their obsequious devotion to the ceremonies at which the force of public opinion compelled their attendance.

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