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obsequious

/əbˈsiːkwi.əs/

adjective

Meaning

  • Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.

  • Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.

  • Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.

Synonyms

asskissing,
fawning,
ingratiating,
servile,
slavish,
smarmy,
sycophantic,
truckling