Dictionary

Explore meaning, context, and usage with an online dictionary experience optimized for multilingual workflows.

Clear

Try these words

languagetranslateconnectiondictionaryvoice

Meaning of obsequious

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

obsequious

Pronunciation:/əbˈsiːkwi.əs//əbˈsiːkwi.əs/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.

  2. Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.

  3. Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obsequious

Related words

bootlickingsycophantictoadyishfawningservileinsinceresubservientobsequent