obsequious

obsequious is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 24 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
2. adjective. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
3. adjective. Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
4. adjective. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner

   "obsequious shop assistants"

5. adjective. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

   Synonyms: bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish

Synonyms

bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish

Common word forms

obsequiously, obsequiousness

Words from these letters

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