Tom's obsequiousness towards John was nauseating.
Source: tatoeba (10357967)
Obsequiousness
Synonyms for "obsequiousness" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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3 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 15 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- քծինք noun (quality of being obsequious)
- քծնանք noun (quality of being obsequious)
Bulgarian
1 entries- раболепие noun (quality of being obsequious)
Dutch
2 entries- kruiperigheid noun (quality of being obsequious)
- onderworpenheid noun (quality of being obsequious)
French
1 entries- obséquiosité noun (quality of being obsequious)
Georgian
1 entries- პირმოთნეობა noun (quality of being obsequious)
German
1 entries- Unterwürfigkeit noun (quality of being obsequious)
Greek
1 entries- δουλοπρέπεια noun (quality of being obsequious)
Irish
1 entries- spleá noun (quality of being obsequious)
Italian
2 entries- cortigianeria noun (quality of being obsequious)
- ossequiosità noun (quality of being obsequious)
Japanese
1 entries- 媚び noun (quality of being obsequious)
Korean
1 entries- 아첨 함 noun (quality of being obsequious)
Latin
2 entries- obsequentia noun (quality of being obsequious)
- obsequium noun (quality of being obsequious)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ùmhlachd noun (quality of being obsequious)
Spanish
2 entries- obsecuencia noun (quality of being obsequious)
- obsequiosidad noun (quality of being obsequious)
Telugu
1 entries- దాస్యము noun (quality of being obsequious)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The crusty portier and the crusty clerks gave us the surly reception which their kind deal out in prosperous times, but by mollifying them with an extra display of obsequiousness and servility we finally got them to show us to the room which our boy had engaged for us.
Source: wiktionary
The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.
Source: wiktionary
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