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obsequiousob‧se‧qui‧ous /əbˈsiːkwiəs/ adjective   obsequiousOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘willingness to obey’, from obsequi ‘to do what people want’, from sequi ‘to follow’ - All this obsequious praise for his actions is enough to make most normal people sick.
- The salesman's obsequious manner was beginning to irritate me.
- The waiter was polite and efficient, but not obsequious.
- As it was, he was forced to his usual obsequious tolerance.
- In a court in which obsequious obedience to the monarch was the rule.
- In fact, the letter is almost obsequious.
- Mrs Bay, thighs clasped close against her body, displayed a shamelessly obsequious air as she watched the mystical deliberations.
- Perhaps television was just too obsequious towards leaders to be revealing.
- Their obsequious praise demands a rebuttal; because really, Mimic is pretty mediocre, even for a B-movie.
- We strive like obsequious morticians to provide consolation by enshrining a corpse.
too friendly in a way that is unpleasant► familiar talking to someone as if you know them very well although in fact you do not, especially in a way that people think is unpleasant or offensive: · I don't like it when men I've just met are too familiar.· She came up to me and started talking in such a familiar way that I thought I must have met her before. ► smarmy informal someone who is smarmy behaves in a very friendly way but seems completely insincere: · He's been criticized for his smarmy behavior when interviewing celebrities.· a slick, smarmy public relations officer· He denies calling the Prime Minister "smarmy". ► over-friendly British if someone is over-friendly , they are too friendly in a way that is unpleasant, for example standing or sitting too close to you: · A man in the pub was a little over-friendly, so I left early. ► obsequious formal someone who is obsequious always tries too hard to be friendly and helpful, and always agrees with what other people say, in a way that people think is very annoying: · The waiter was polite and efficient, but not obsequious.· All this obsequious praise for his actions is enough to make most normal people sick. ► slimy informal someone who is slimy is too friendly and praises people too much in a way that is clearly dishonest and makes you think they are just trying to get an advantage for themselves: · What a slimy, horrible man.· They had the usual slimy politician on TV talking about "the innate good sense of the voters". very eager to please or agree with people who are powerful – used to show disapproval SYN servile:  an obsequious smile—obsequiously adverb—obsequiousness noun [uncountable] |