German Meaning of obsequious

unterwürfig

Other German words related to unterwürfig

Definitions and Meaning of obsequious in English

Wordnet

obsequious (s)

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner

Webster

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.

FAQs About the word obsequious

unterwürfig

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery, attentive in an ingratiating or servile mannerPromptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of anot

pflichtbewusst,gehorsam,unterwürfig,untergeordnet,gefügig,angenehm,Aufgeschlossen,freundlich,gehorsam,konform

schlecht,trotzig,verbissen,dickköpfig,eigensinnig,Aufständischer,schelmisch,eigensinnig,meuterisch,hartnäckig

obsequies => Begräbnis, obsequience => Unterwürfigkeit, obsequent => devot, obsecratory => flehend, obsecration => Beschwörung,