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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