obsequious

obsequious

1. mielistelevä, liehittelevä, liehakoiva, pokkuroiva, hännystelevä, mateleva

2. vanhentunut kuuliainen

Liittyvät sanat: obsequent

Synonyymisanakirja

obsequious

nöyristelevä, orjamainen, tottelevainen, epärehellinen, vilpillinen, mateleva, mielistelevä, imarteleva, hännystelevä.

Rimmaavat sanat

obsequious rimmaa näiden kanssa:

lesbous, couscous, lahous, mahous, holhous, nuohous, verhous, lautaverhous, tiiliverhous, ulkoverhous...

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Englannin sanakirja

obsequious (englanti > suomi)

1. nöyristelevä, mielistelevä

obsequious englanniksi

1. puhekieltä obedient Obedient, compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.

2. Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey all instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.

3. 1927, (w), (w), p. 20

Translation falls especially short of this conceit which carries the whole flamboyance of the Spanish language. It was intended as an obsequious flattery of the Condesa, and was untrue.

4. puhekieltä Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.

5. w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare, (w), s:The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark/Act 1Scene 2. A room of state in the castle.|Act I, Scene 2

… the survivor bound
In filial obligation for some term
To do obsequious sorrow…


6. w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare, w:Richard III (play)|Richard III, s:The Tragedy of Richard the ThirdSCENE II. London. Another street.|Act I, Scene 2

Whilst I awhile obsequiously lament
Th’ untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster.

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