obsequious
adjectiveHow many syllables in obsequious?
There are 4 syllables in the word obsequious.How to pronounce obsequious:
Definition of obsequious:
- obsequious (adjective):
- being overattentive in order to gain favour
- marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
- attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
Synonyms for obsequious:
abject
acquiescent
agreeable
amenable
amiable
biddable
bootlicking
compliant
conformable
controllable
cringing
decorous
deferential
docile
duteous
dutiful
fawning
flattering
gentle
governable
grovelling
ingratiating
insincere
kowtowing
manageable
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Antonyms for obsequious:
aggressive
arrogant
assertive
autarchic
authoritarian
authoritative
authoritive
autocratic
autocratical
bossy
brazen
bullish
coercive
commanding
confident
controlling
demanding
despotic
dictatorial
dominant
domineering
draconian
egotistic
forceful
harsh
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- optimism
- unforgiving
- maniacal
- declaration
- demonstrable
- spontaneously
- retrievable
- arduously
- lightheartedness
- annually
- systematize
- prerequisite
- predetermine
- principally
- permissible
- pterodactyl
- inefficient
- deceitfulness
- repudiate
- industrious
- libreria
- spuriously
- panorama
- tribadism
- infrangible
- assailable
- inviolate
- qualifying
- misconstruction
- execration
- vituperate
- epitomise
- uniquely
- vainglorious
- dissimilar
- mercilessly
- felicitate
- disputable
- enviable
- peacefulness
- impractical
- enigmatic
- cotyledon
- economize
- unfeasible
- respectable
- epistaxis
- tumultuous
- preferable
- tragically
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