Obsequiousness
11obsequiousness — noun abject or cringing submissiveness • Syn: ↑servility, ↑subservience • Derivationally related forms: ↑subservient (for: ↑subservience), ↑servile (for: ↑ …
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13humility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of pride Nouns 1. humility, humbleness; meekness, lowliness, lowness; [self ] abasement; submission, resignation; modesty, blush, suffusion, confusion. 2. humiliation, degradation, mortification;… …
14servility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Obsequiousness Nouns 1. servility, obsequiousness, subserviency; abasement (see humility); prostration, genuflection; fawning, ingratiation; tuft hunting, timeserving, flunkyism; sycophancy, flattery.… …
15Obedience — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Obedience >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 obedience obedience Sgm: N 1 observance observance &c. 772 Sgm: N 1 compliance compliance Sgm: N 1 submission submission &c. 725 Sgm: N 1 subjection subjection …
16Servility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Servility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 servility servility Sgm: N 1 slavery slavery &c.(subjection) 749 Sgm: N 1 obsequiousness obsequiousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 subserviency subserviency Sgm: N 1 abasement …
17Courtesy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Courtesy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 courtesy courtesy Sgm: N 1 respect respect &c. 928 Sgm: N 1 good manners good manners good behavior good breeding Sgm: N 1 manners manners Sgm: N 1 politeness …
18Respect — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Respect >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 respect respect regard consideration Sgm: N 1 courtesy courtesy &c. 894 Sgm: N 1 attention attention deference reverence honor esteem …
19obsequious — [[t]ɒbsi͟ːkwiəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as obsequious, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to help or agree with someone more important than them. Barrow was positively obsequious to me until he… …
20ἀρεσκείας — ἀρεσκείᾱς , ἀρέσκεια obsequiousness fem acc pl ἀρεσκείᾱς , ἀρέσκεια obsequiousness fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) ἀρεσκείᾱς , ἀρεσκεία fem acc pl ἀρεσκείᾱς , ἀρεσκεία fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) …