🔤 Obsequious (Adjective)
IPA: //əbˈsiːkwiəs//
✨ Use obsequious when someone is being too nice—in a way that feels clingy, desperate, or suspicious.
🧠 Meaning
Excessively eager to please or obey someone important; overly submissive or flattering.
✍️ Example Sentences
🔹 The manager surrounded himself with obsequious assistants who agreed with everything he said.
🔹 Her obsequious behavior made it hard to tell whether she was being polite or manipulative.
📜 Word Origin
From Latin obsequiosus meaning "compliant," from obsequi — ob- ("toward") + sequi ("to follow").
💡 Did You Know?
Obsequious people don’t just flatter—they cling, often sacrificing self-respect for favor or approval.
🏷️ Related Words
#subservient
#sycophantic
#flattering
#fawning
#brown-nosing
#ingratiating
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