On this page you'll find 9 example sentences with Obsequious. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as bootlicking or fawning and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Obsequious meaning
- Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
- Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
- Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.
Synonyms of Obsequious
Using Obsequious
- The main meaning on this page is: Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile. | Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes. | Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.
- Useful related words include: bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish.
- In the example corpus, obsequious often appears in combinations such as: the obsequious, an obsequious.
Context around Obsequious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obsequious
- In this selection, "obsequious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dominus, towards, afterward and demeaning stand out and add context to how "obsequious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by an obsequious demeaning and and by his obsequious veneration of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obsequious" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obsequious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It stands for 'Dominus Obsequious Sororium' - which translates to Master over Slave Women in Latin. (15 words)
The obsequious courtiers naturally replied "You, O Commander of the Faithful!", but the Caliph said no. (16 words)
Vice President Kamala Harris polls even lower — despite the obsequious efforts of the most biased media in history that has, in effect, merged with the Democratic Party. (27 words)
Veteran character actor Roshan Seth played the Prime Minister of Pankot in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, an obsequious man with the Maharaja's ear who later became a villain. (32 words)
If Gaetz was obsequious towards the president before his gutsy Iran vote, he’ll just have to be twice as obsequious afterward in order to return to Trump’s good graces. (31 words)
Even the previously ardent republican Malcolm Turnbull became silent about the issue while in office, while most of the others have been even more obsequious, no matter what their political leanings. (31 words)
Example sentences (9)
If Gaetz was obsequious towards the president before his gutsy Iran vote, he’ll just have to be twice as obsequious afterward in order to return to Trump’s good graces.
Even the previously ardent republican Malcolm Turnbull became silent about the issue while in office, while most of the others have been even more obsequious, no matter what their political leanings.
No prob. A healthy tradition of a thousand years was flushed down the sewer and substituted overnight by an obsequious, demeaning and silly carbon copy of an entirely alien prototype.
Veteran character actor Roshan Seth played the Prime Minister of Pankot in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, an obsequious man with the Maharaja's ear who later became a villain.
Vice President Kamala Harris polls even lower — despite the obsequious efforts of the most biased media in history that has, in effect, merged with the Democratic Party.
It stands for 'Dominus Obsequious Sororium' - which translates to Master over Slave Women in Latin.
Mr. Bennet and Elizabeth are much amused by his obsequious veneration of his employer, the noble Lady Catherine de Bourgh, as well as by his self-important and pedantic nature.
She is genuinely surprised (and somewhat disgusted) when Mr Elton declares his love for her—much in the way Elizabeth Bennet reacts to the obsequious Mr Collins, also a parson.
The obsequious courtiers naturally replied "You, O Commander of the Faithful!", but the Caliph said no.
Common combinations with obsequious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the obsequious 3×
- an obsequious 2×