Posts Tagged ‘Subservient’

Blind Obedience?!

May 25, 2021

This word would describe the typical “yes-man” in government — the quintessential display of obsequious behavior. Check out some synonyms for “obsequious” below.

obsequious

\ uhb-see-kwee-uhs \, adjective;

  1. characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please; deferential; fawning.
  2. obedient; dutiful.

Other words you may consider using (depending on your context/usage, of course):

Source: The Highly Selective Thesaurus for the Extraordinarily Literate by Eugene Ehrlich. Definitions courtesy of http://www.dictionary.com

New Word!

August 27, 2009

This gives all new meaning to the phrase “I live to serve.” 

truckle

\TRUHK-uhl\
intransitive verb:
1.  To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to act in a subservient manner.

noun: 
1.  A small wheel or roller; a caster.