Obsequious
Crossword Clue and Answers
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We most recently saw this clue in The Guardian Quick.
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Publications
- The Guardian Quick - Friday, 8 Jan 2021
Crossword Answers
7 letters
SERVILE
Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"
FAWNING
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
SLAVISH
Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"
FULSOME
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"
8 letters
TOADYISH
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
11 letters
SYCOPHANTIC
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
SUBSERVIENT
Compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw
BOOTLICKING
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
12 letters
INGRATIATING
Calculated to please or gain favor; "a smooth ingratiating manner"