Definition of obsequious in English:

obsequious

adjective əbˈsiːkwɪəsəbˈsikwiəs

Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
奉承拍马的，卑躬屈膝的
they were served by obsequious waiters
他们由一些卑躬屈膝的侍者伺候着。
Example sentencesExamples
- As is always the case in France, I am not sure if she reads my apology as sufficiently humble or merely obsequious.
- Woodward's obsequious style minimised the impact.
- They're surrounded by heavy linen, sparkling crystal, gleaming silver, obsequious waiters, and an embarrassment of champagne glasses.
- We Catholics need to possess greater wisdom than to merely fall for somebody who is obsequious, nice, polite and reasonable.
- He cuddled up to his colleagues, begging for approval - he was obsequious, smart, slippery.
- They've filled their almost-claustrophobic room with towering flower bouquets and perhaps a few too many obsequious waiters.
- They are curiously obsequious, seeming to promise presidents and prime ministers a favourable verdict in return for a few invitations, a few decorations.
- Paris himself turns out to be an obsequious toady in Domitian's heady presence.
- Thus approached, I would smile benignly and direct the appropriately obsequious customer toward the objects of his desiring.
- The award will be given annually to the journo who produces the greatest volume of obsequious offal about a sports ‘hero’.
- In fact, the figure lounging in front of me seems in some respects more human than fox, effortlessly graceful, endearing without being obsequious, and persistently humorous.
- My ghostly waiter was preferable to the obsequious, hovering variety which pop up like pantomime villains to ask if everything is all right just as you are about to start chewing.
- Her insatiable desire to be stroked, bolstered, flattered, was met by Burrell with the obsequious enthusiasm of a knight offering the chasteness of courtly love.
- Diamond has a gentle, self-effacing style about him without seeming obsequious.
- Randy is Mr. Lahey's obsequious sidekick, lover and Sunnyvale's assistant trailer park supervisor.
- He was obedient to his Christchurch bosses, but not at all obsequious.
- Everyone was desperately failing to be cool about the presence of this A list Hollywood actor, but the first few questions were obsequious and embarrassing.
- Submission here means to be subsequent or responsive, not necessarily obsequious or subservient.
- The person he hires will be insipid and obsequious.
- Like spoiled children, they can demand, stamp their feet, refuse to vote, be fickle and whimsical, expecting MPs to act as obsequious valets, while distrusting them all along.
Synonyms
servile, ingratiating, unctuous, sycophantic, fawning, toadying, oily, oleaginous, greasy, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, sycophantish, subservient, submissive, slavish, abject, Uriah Heepish
informal slimy, bootlicking, smarmy, sucky, soapy
North American informal brown-nosing
British vulgar slang arse-licking, bum-sucking
North American vulgar slang kiss-ass, ass-kissing

Derivatives

obsequiously

adverb əbˈsiːkwɪəsliəbˈsikwiəsli

A liveried waiter comes across, bows obsequiously, and asks George if he would care for the salmon.
Example sentencesExamples
- If we were a genuine republic, one of our leading businessmen would not have dared to obsequiously accept a knighthood from a British monarch.
- ‘I've always been by your side, Trist,’ Marvin whined obsequiously.
- Just a little more than a year ago, the Senate obsequiously handed to the President the constitutional authority to declare war.
- ‘Thank you, señor,’ the man said obsequiously, pocketing all the money.

obsequiousness

noun əbˈsiːkwɪəsnəsəbˈsikwiəsnəs

In the past, Percy served as comic relief, a stuffed shirt whose obsequiousness toward authority figures was matched only by his imperiousness toward younger students.
Example sentencesExamples
- Make note of the incoherent speech, grammatical errors, cutesy nicknames with reporters, and crankiness from the president and obsequiousness from the press.
- The prime minister had destroyed the industrial base with fanatical cruelty, with an impunity largely supplied by the obsequiousness and weakness of the opposition.
- But in the intervening years, the State Department's refusal to press for reform in that country turned into humiliating obsequiousness.
- But the prime minister obsequiousness to him is prompting revolt and disgust in the ranks of his Labor Party against him.

Origin

Late 15th century (not depreciatory in sense in early use): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium 'compliance', from obsequi 'follow, comply with'.

Definition of obsequious in US English:

obsequious

adjectiveəbˈsēkwēəsəbˈsikwiəs

Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
奉承拍马的，卑躬屈膝的
they were served by obsequious waiters
他们由一些卑躬屈膝的侍者伺候着。
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, the figure lounging in front of me seems in some respects more human than fox, effortlessly graceful, endearing without being obsequious, and persistently humorous.
- Paris himself turns out to be an obsequious toady in Domitian's heady presence.
- He was obedient to his Christchurch bosses, but not at all obsequious.
- Her insatiable desire to be stroked, bolstered, flattered, was met by Burrell with the obsequious enthusiasm of a knight offering the chasteness of courtly love.
- We Catholics need to possess greater wisdom than to merely fall for somebody who is obsequious, nice, polite and reasonable.
- Thus approached, I would smile benignly and direct the appropriately obsequious customer toward the objects of his desiring.
- Randy is Mr. Lahey's obsequious sidekick, lover and Sunnyvale's assistant trailer park supervisor.
- They've filled their almost-claustrophobic room with towering flower bouquets and perhaps a few too many obsequious waiters.
- Everyone was desperately failing to be cool about the presence of this A list Hollywood actor, but the first few questions were obsequious and embarrassing.
- Woodward's obsequious style minimised the impact.
- My ghostly waiter was preferable to the obsequious, hovering variety which pop up like pantomime villains to ask if everything is all right just as you are about to start chewing.
- The award will be given annually to the journo who produces the greatest volume of obsequious offal about a sports ‘hero’.
- They are curiously obsequious, seeming to promise presidents and prime ministers a favourable verdict in return for a few invitations, a few decorations.
- They're surrounded by heavy linen, sparkling crystal, gleaming silver, obsequious waiters, and an embarrassment of champagne glasses.
- Like spoiled children, they can demand, stamp their feet, refuse to vote, be fickle and whimsical, expecting MPs to act as obsequious valets, while distrusting them all along.
- The person he hires will be insipid and obsequious.
- Diamond has a gentle, self-effacing style about him without seeming obsequious.
- He cuddled up to his colleagues, begging for approval - he was obsequious, smart, slippery.
- Submission here means to be subsequent or responsive, not necessarily obsequious or subservient.
- As is always the case in France, I am not sure if she reads my apology as sufficiently humble or merely obsequious.
Synonyms
servile, ingratiating, unctuous, sycophantic, fawning, toadying, oily, oleaginous, greasy, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, sycophantish, subservient, submissive, slavish, abject, uriah heepish

Origin

Late 15th century (not depreciatory in sense in early use): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliancy’, from obsequi ‘follow, comply with’.

词汇	obsequious
释义	Definition of obsequious in English: obsequious adjective əbˈsiːkwɪəsəbˈsikwiəs Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. 奉承拍马的，卑躬屈膝的 they were served by obsequious waiters 他们由一些卑躬屈膝的侍者伺候着。 Example sentencesExamples As is always the case in France, I am not sure if she reads my apology as sufficiently humble or merely obsequious. Woodward's obsequious style minimised the impact. They're surrounded by heavy linen, sparkling crystal, gleaming silver, obsequious waiters, and an embarrassment of champagne glasses. We Catholics need to possess greater wisdom than to merely fall for somebody who is obsequious, nice, polite and reasonable. He cuddled up to his colleagues, begging for approval - he was obsequious, smart, slippery. They've filled their almost-claustrophobic room with towering flower bouquets and perhaps a few too many obsequious waiters. They are curiously obsequious, seeming to promise presidents and prime ministers a favourable verdict in return for a few invitations, a few decorations. Paris himself turns out to be an obsequious toady in Domitian's heady presence. Thus approached, I would smile benignly and direct the appropriately obsequious customer toward the objects of his desiring. The award will be given annually to the journo who produces the greatest volume of obsequious offal about a sports ‘hero’. In fact, the figure lounging in front of me seems in some respects more human than fox, effortlessly graceful, endearing without being obsequious, and persistently humorous. My ghostly waiter was preferable to the obsequious, hovering variety which pop up like pantomime villains to ask if everything is all right just as you are about to start chewing. Her insatiable desire to be stroked, bolstered, flattered, was met by Burrell with the obsequious enthusiasm of a knight offering the chasteness of courtly love. Diamond has a gentle, self-effacing style about him without seeming obsequious. Randy is Mr. Lahey's obsequious sidekick, lover and Sunnyvale's assistant trailer park supervisor. He was obedient to his Christchurch bosses, but not at all obsequious. Everyone was desperately failing to be cool about the presence of this A list Hollywood actor, but the first few questions were obsequious and embarrassing. Submission here means to be subsequent or responsive, not necessarily obsequious or subservient. The person he hires will be insipid and obsequious. Like spoiled children, they can demand, stamp their feet, refuse to vote, be fickle and whimsical, expecting MPs to act as obsequious valets, while distrusting them all along. Synonyms servile, ingratiating, unctuous, sycophantic, fawning, toadying, oily, oleaginous, greasy, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, sycophantish, subservient, submissive, slavish, abject, Uriah Heepish informal slimy, bootlicking, smarmy, sucky, soapy North American informal brown-nosing British vulgar slang arse-licking, bum-sucking North American vulgar slang kiss-ass, ass-kissing Derivatives obsequiously adverb əbˈsiːkwɪəsliəbˈsikwiəsli A liveried waiter comes across, bows obsequiously, and asks George if he would care for the salmon. Example sentencesExamples If we were a genuine republic, one of our leading businessmen would not have dared to obsequiously accept a knighthood from a British monarch. ‘I've always been by your side, Trist,’ Marvin whined obsequiously. Just a little more than a year ago, the Senate obsequiously handed to the President the constitutional authority to declare war. ‘Thank you, señor,’ the man said obsequiously, pocketing all the money. obsequiousness noun əbˈsiːkwɪəsnəsəbˈsikwiəsnəs In the past, Percy served as comic relief, a stuffed shirt whose obsequiousness toward authority figures was matched only by his imperiousness toward younger students. Example sentencesExamples Make note of the incoherent speech, grammatical errors, cutesy nicknames with reporters, and crankiness from the president and obsequiousness from the press. The prime minister had destroyed the industrial base with fanatical cruelty, with an impunity largely supplied by the obsequiousness and weakness of the opposition. But in the intervening years, the State Department's refusal to press for reform in that country turned into humiliating obsequiousness. But the prime minister obsequiousness to him is prompting revolt and disgust in the ranks of his Labor Party against him. Origin Late 15th century (not depreciatory in sense in early use): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium 'compliance', from obsequi 'follow, comply with'. Definition of obsequious in US English: obsequious adjectiveəbˈsēkwēəsəbˈsikwiəs Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. 奉承拍马的，卑躬屈膝的 they were served by obsequious waiters 他们由一些卑躬屈膝的侍者伺候着。 Example sentencesExamples In fact, the figure lounging in front of me seems in some respects more human than fox, effortlessly graceful, endearing without being obsequious, and persistently humorous. Paris himself turns out to be an obsequious toady in Domitian's heady presence. He was obedient to his Christchurch bosses, but not at all obsequious. Her insatiable desire to be stroked, bolstered, flattered, was met by Burrell with the obsequious enthusiasm of a knight offering the chasteness of courtly love. We Catholics need to possess greater wisdom than to merely fall for somebody who is obsequious, nice, polite and reasonable. Thus approached, I would smile benignly and direct the appropriately obsequious customer toward the objects of his desiring. Randy is Mr. Lahey's obsequious sidekick, lover and Sunnyvale's assistant trailer park supervisor. They've filled their almost-claustrophobic room with towering flower bouquets and perhaps a few too many obsequious waiters. Everyone was desperately failing to be cool about the presence of this A list Hollywood actor, but the first few questions were obsequious and embarrassing. Woodward's obsequious style minimised the impact. My ghostly waiter was preferable to the obsequious, hovering variety which pop up like pantomime villains to ask if everything is all right just as you are about to start chewing. The award will be given annually to the journo who produces the greatest volume of obsequious offal about a sports ‘hero’. They are curiously obsequious, seeming to promise presidents and prime ministers a favourable verdict in return for a few invitations, a few decorations. They're surrounded by heavy linen, sparkling crystal, gleaming silver, obsequious waiters, and an embarrassment of champagne glasses. Like spoiled children, they can demand, stamp their feet, refuse to vote, be fickle and whimsical, expecting MPs to act as obsequious valets, while distrusting them all along. The person he hires will be insipid and obsequious. Diamond has a gentle, self-effacing style about him without seeming obsequious. He cuddled up to his colleagues, begging for approval - he was obsequious, smart, slippery. Submission here means to be subsequent or responsive, not necessarily obsequious or subservient. As is always the case in France, I am not sure if she reads my apology as sufficiently humble or merely obsequious. Synonyms servile, ingratiating, unctuous, sycophantic, fawning, toadying, oily, oleaginous, greasy, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, sycophantish, subservient, submissive, slavish, abject, uriah heepish Origin Late 15th century (not depreciatory in sense in early use): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliancy’, from obsequi ‘follow, comply with’.
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