obsequious
91lick someone's boots — To try to ingratiate oneself with someone by obsequious behaviour • • • Main Entry: ↑boot lick someone s boots To toady • • • Main Entry: ↑lick * * * lick someone’s boots informal phrase to try too hard to p …
92bow and scrape — To kowtow, to ingratiate oneself sycophantically • • • Main Entry: ↑bow bow and scrape To be over obsequious • • • Main Entry: ↑scrape * * * behave in an obsequious way to someone in authority * * * bow and scrape : to treat someone who is… …
93ob|se´qui|ous|ness — ob|se|qui|ous «uhb SEE kwee uhs», adjective. 1. polite or obedient from hope of gain or from fear; servile; fawning: »Obsequious courtiers greeted the king. SYNONYM(S): slavish. 2. properly obedient; dutiful. 3. Obsolete. dutiful and proper in… …
94ob|se´qui|ous|ly — ob|se|qui|ous «uhb SEE kwee uhs», adjective. 1. polite or obedient from hope of gain or from fear; servile; fawning: »Obsequious courtiers greeted the king. SYNONYM(S): slavish. 2. properly obedient; dutiful. 3. Obsolete. dutiful and proper in… …
95ob|se|qui|ous — «uhb SEE kwee uhs», adjective. 1. polite or obedient from hope of gain or from fear; servile; fawning: »Obsequious courtiers greeted the king. SYNONYM(S): slavish. 2. properly obedient; dutiful. 3. Obsolete. dutiful and proper in observing… …
96Assentation — As sen*ta tion, n. [L. assentatio. See {Assent}, v.] Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence. [1913 Webster] Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction …
97Assentator — As sen*ta tor, n. [L., fr. assentari to assent constantly.] An obsequious; a flatterer. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
98Assentatorily — Assentatory As*sent a*to*ry, a. Flattering; obsequious. [Obs.] {As*sent a*to*ri*ly}, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
99Assentatory — As*sent a*to*ry, a. Flattering; obsequious. [Obs.] {As*sent a*to*ri*ly}, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
100bootlicking — ootlicking adj. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery. Syn: fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish, ass kissing. [WordNet 1.5] …