Meaning of Obsequiousness | Babel Free
Equivalents
العربية
التزلّف
Български
раболепие
Bosanski
blazan
Deutsch
Unterwürfigkeit
Ελληνικά
δουλοπρέπεια
Suomi
nöyräselkäisyys
Français
obséquiosité
Gaeilge
spleá
Gàidhlig
ùmhlachd
Hrvatski
blazan
日本語
媚び
ქართული
პირმოთნეობა
한국어
아첨 함
Polski
czołobitność
Српски
blazan
తెలుగు
దాస్యము
Examples
“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.”
“The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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