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be obsequious

VERB

fawn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crouch grovel

STRONG

abase blandish bow cajole cotton court cower crawl creep cringe debase defer flatter invite jolly kneel kowtow massage oil pander scrape slaver snow stoop stroke submit toady truckle woo yield

WEAK

apple-polish be at beck and call be servile brown-nose buddy up butter up cater to cave in to curry favor fall all over fall on one's knees honey up lay it on lick boots make up to pay court play up to

Antonyms

STRONG

fight ignore reject

Example Sentences

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You need someone who has a large ego but will be obsequious.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

I never knew before that dogs could be obsequious!

From The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury by Coolidge, Asenath Carver

McKnight objects that nobody can poke his head through a curtain and be obsequious.

From The Man in Lower Ten by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

To be obsequious to a non-drinker was a waste of time.

From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann

He felt it necessary to be obsequious to Phœbe, after the terrible mistake he had made.

From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)