obsequious (Meaning)
obsequious (s)
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
obsequious (a.)
Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
Synonyms & Antonyms of obsequious
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- mulish
- peevish
- obdurate
- hardheaded
- stubborn
- insurgent
- uncontrollable
- resistant
- uncontrollable
- unyielding
- obdurate
- bad
- peevish
- dogged
- mischievous
- obstinate
- perverse
- defiant
- unmanageable
- mutinous
- mulish
- perverse
- hardheaded
- bad
- wild
- unmanageable
- insurgent
- obstinate
- headstrong
- mischievous
- dogged
- mutinous
- unyielding
- defiant
- headstrong
- wild
- stubborn
- resistant
Synonyms:
- orderly
- inhibited
- placable
- disciplined
- constrained
- surrendering
- curbed
- mild
- teachable
- restrained
- soft
- repressed
- mannerly
- law-abiding
- meek
- trainable
- tame
- yielding
Antonyms:
- nonconformist
- contumacious
- unamenable
- refractory
- untoward
- obstreperous
- noncompliant
- unamenable
- rebellious
- noncompliant
- ill-bred
- rebellious
- disobedient
- rebel
- ungovernable
- misbehaving
- wayward
- restive
- ungovernable
- contumacious
- untoward
- rebel
- unruly
- misbehaving
- refractory
- ill-bred
- disobedient
- wayward
- recalcitrant
- restive
- intractable
- recalcitrant
- insubordinate
- insubordinate
- ill-mannered
- unruly
- obstreperous
- intractable
- nonconformist
- ill-mannered
obsequious Sentence Examples
- The obsequious butler bowed repeatedly, eager to serve his master's every whim.
- With an obsequious smile, the saleswoman showered the customer with excessive flattery.
- The politician's obsequious speech was filled with pandering to his constituents.
- The obsequious employee groveled before his boss, hoping for promotion.
- The obsequious student fawned over the professor, desperate for approval.
- The obsequious cat rubbed against its owner's leg, seeking attention.
- The obsequious assistant carried out every task assigned to him with utmost obedience.
- The obsequious journalist avoided criticizing the government, fearful of censorship.
- The obsequious dog wagged its tail furiously, eager to please its master.
- The obsequious thief flattered the victim into letting down her guard, allowing him to steal her valuables.
FAQs About the word obsequious
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery, attentive in an ingratiating or servile mannerPromptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of anot
dutiful, obedient,subordinate, servile, amenable, kowtowing, obliging, agreeable, amiable, conformable
mulish, peevish, obdurate, hardheaded, stubborn, insurgent, uncontrollable, resistant, uncontrollable, unyielding
The obsequious butler bowed repeatedly, eager to serve his master's every whim.
With an obsequious smile, the saleswoman showered the customer with excessive flattery.
The politician's obsequious speech was filled with pandering to his constituents.
The obsequious employee groveled before his boss, hoping for promotion.
