obsequious

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
2. (archaic) Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
3. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.

Έννοιες

δουλοπρεπής

ταπεινός

κόλακας

γλύφτης

Συνώνυμα

subservient

servile

fawning

sycophantic

flattering

obedient

slavish

toadyish

abject

bootlicking

menial

sycophant

dignified

flatterer

deferential

groveling

grovelling

ingratiating

keen

runtish

curial

coquetry

biddable

slimy

smooth

submissive

aulic

obsequent

adulatory

tractable

unassertive

unctuous

zealous

humble oneself

toad-eating

adulator

docile

dutiful

Μεταφράσεις

obséquieux

obsequioso

unterwürfig

servile

obsequioso

ossequioso

servile

servil

kruiperig

onderdanig

servil

pilota

vornehm

formal

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/əbˈsiːkwi.əs/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: obsequyous

In summary

From Middle English obsequyous, from Latin obsequiōsus (“complaisant, obsequious”), from obsequium (“compliance”), from obsequor (“comply with, yield to”), from ob (“in the direction of, towards”) + sequor (“follow”) (cf. sequel).