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Obsequious

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servilenounExcessively eager to please; obsequious.
insincereNot genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial; factitious.
fawningnounSeeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.
sycophanticExcessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.
bootlickingnounObsequious or servile behaviour.
toadyishSycophantic; fawning.

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WordDefinition
bootlickingnounObsequious or servile behaviour.
sycophanticExcessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.
toadyishSycophantic; fawning.
fawningnounSeeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.
servileExcessively eager to please; obsequious.
insincereNot genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial; factitious.
subservientObsequiously submissive.
obsequent(obsolete) Obedient; submissive; obsequious.
courtlyBefitting of a royal court; reflecting the manners or behaviour of people at court.
servious(obsolete) servile; obsequious
sycophanticalAlternative form of sycophantic. [Excessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.]
sequaciousnoun(Of people) Likely to follow, conform, or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to others' ideas; easily led.
duteous(archaic) dutiful
knee-crookingObsequious; submissive.
dough-faced(US, idiomatic) Cowardly.
vernile(rare) Suiting a slave; servile; obsequious.
vassalnoun(historical, law) The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service.
trucklingnounFawning; ingratiation.
submissiveMeekly obedient or passive; obsequious.
butterynoun(UK) A room in a university where snacks are sold.

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