English-Thai Dictionary

obsequious

ADJ ช่างประจบ  สอพลอ  flattering fawning defiant chang-pra-job

 

obsequiously

ADV อย่าง ประจบสอพลอ  อย่าง ประจบประแจง  servilely fawningly yang-pra-job-sor-por

 

obsequiousness

N การ ประจบสอพลอ  การ ประจบประแจง  pretense kan-pra-job-sor-por

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBSEQUIOUS

a.[from L. obsequium, complaisance, from obsequor, to follow; ob and sequor.] 1. Promptly obedient or submissive to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of others, properly to the will or command of a superior, but in actual use, it often signifies yielding to the will or desires of such as have no right to control.
His servants weeping, obsequious to his orders, bear him hither.
2. Servilely or meanly condescending; compliant to excess; as an obsequious flatterer, minion or parasite.
3. Funereal; pertaining to funeral rites. [Not used. ]

 

OBSEQUIOUSLY

adv. 1. With ready obedience; with prompt compliance.
They rise and with respectful awe, at the word given, obsequiously withdraw.
2. With reverence for the dead. [Not used. ]

 

OBSEQUIOUSNESS

n. 1. Ready obedience; prompt compliance with the orders of a superior.
2. Servile submission; mean or excessive complaisance.
They apply themselves both to his interest and humor, with all the arts of flattery and obsequiousness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OBSEQUIOUS

Ob *se "qui *ous, a. Etym: [L.obsequiosus, fr. obsequium compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obséquieux, See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequy. ]

 

1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted. [Obs. ] His servants weeping, Obsequious to his orders, bear him hither. Addison.

 

2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite. There lies ever in "obsequious " at the present the sense of an observance which is overdone, of an unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of another. Trench.

 

3. Etym: [See Obsequy. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal. [R.] "To do obsequious sorrow. " Shak.

 

Syn. -- Compliant; obedient; servile. See Yielding.

 

OBSEQUIOUSLY

OBSEQUIOUSLY Ob *se "qui *ous *ly, adv.

 

1. In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly. Dryden.

 

2. In a manner appropriate to obsequies. [Obs. ] Whilst I a while obsequiously lament The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster. Shak.

 

OBSEQUIOUSNESS

OBSEQUIOUSNESS Ob *se "qui *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being obsequious. South.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

obsequious

ob se qui ous |əbˈsēkwēəs əbˈsikwiəs | ▶adjective obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree: they were served by obsequious waiters. DERIVATIVES ob se qui ous ly adverb, ob se qui ous ness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (not depreciatory in sense in early use ): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliance, ’ from obsequi ‘follow, comply with. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

obsequious

obsequious |əbˈsiːkwɪəs | ▶adjective obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree: they were served by obsequious waiters. DERIVATIVES obsequiously adverb, obsequiousness noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (not depreciatory in sense in early use ): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliance ’, from obsequi ‘follow, comply with ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

obsequious

obsequious adjective an elderly gentlemen surrounded by obsequious heirs: servile, ingratiating, sycophantic, fawning, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, groveling, cringing, subservient, submissive, slavish; informal brown-nosing, bootlicking, smarmy; vulgar slang ass-kissing. ANTONYMS domineering. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD obsequious, servile, slavish, subservient If you want to get ahead with your boss, you might trying being obsequious, which suggests an attitude of inferiority that may or may not be genuine, but that is assumed in order to placate a superior in hopes of getting what one wants (a “goody two shoes ” whose obsequious behavior made everyone in the class cringe ). While subservient may connote similar behavior, it is more often applied to those who are genuinely subordinate or dependent and act accordingly (a timid, subservient child who was terrified of making a mistake ). Servile is a stronger and more negative term, suggesting a cringing submissiveness (the dog's servile obedience to her master ). Slavish, suggesting the status or attitude of a slave, is often used to describe strict adherence to a set of rules or a code of conduct (a slavish adherence to the rules of etiquette ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

obsequious

obsequious adjective an obsequious manservant welcomed them: 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; N. Amer. informal brown-nosing; Brit. vulgar slang arse-licking, bum-sucking; N. Amer. vulgar slang kiss-ass, ass-kissing. ANTONYMS domineering.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

obsequious

ob se qui ous /əbsíːkwiəs /形容詞 ｟否定的に けなして ｠【相手に 】おもねるような, こびへつらった «to » .～ly 副詞 こびへつらうように .～ness 名詞 U へつらい .