obsequious

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From Middle English obsequyous, from Latin obsequiōsus (“complaisant, obsequious”), from obsequium (“compliance”), from obsequor (“comply with, yield to”), from ob (“in the direction of, towards”) + sequor (“follow”) (cf. sequel).

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հլու (hlu) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Armenian: հնազանդ (hnazand) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Armenian: հլու-հնազանդ (hlu-hnazand) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Bulgarian: послушен (poslušen) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Chinese Mandarin: 順從的 /顺从的 (shùncóng de) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Danish: underdanig — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Dutch: onderdanig — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Dutch: gehoorzaam — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Dutch: volgzaam — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Finnish: kuuliainen — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• French: obéissant — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• French: obséquieux — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• German: gehorsam — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• German: folgsam — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• German: unterwürfig — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Hebrew: צייתן (tsaytán) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Hindi: चापलूस (cāplūs) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Hindi: ठकुरसुहात (ṭhakursuhāt) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Hindi: ख़ुशामदी (xuśāmdī) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Hungarian: engedelmes — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Latin: obsequiōsus — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Macedonian: по́корен (pókoren) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Macedonian: по́слушен (póslušen) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Māori: patipati — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Norwegian Bokmål: underdanig — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Norwegian Bokmål: servil — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Polish: czołobitny — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Polish: służalczy — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Portuguese: obsequioso — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Romanian: obsecvios — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Russian: послу́шный (poslúšnyj) — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Serbo-Croatian: podložan — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Serbo-Croatian: servilan — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Serbo-Croatian: poslušnički — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Spanish: servil — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Spanish: apatronado — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Spanish: obsequioso — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Swedish: inställsam — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Swedish: underdånig — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Vietnamese: vâng lời — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Vietnamese: dễ bảo — obedient, compliant with someone else's orders
• Armenian: քծնող (kʻcnoġ) — fawning, subservient
• Bulgarian: сервилен (servilen) — fawning, subservient
• Bulgarian: раболепен (rabolepen) — fawning, subservient
• Catalan: obsequiós — fawning, subservient
• Chinese Mandarin: 點頭哈腰的 /点头哈腰的 (diǎntóuhāyāo de) — fawning, subservient
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿諛奉承的 /阿谀奉承的 (ēyúfèngchéng de) — fawning, subservient
• Czech: podlézavý — fawning, subservient
• Danish: servil — fawning, subservient
• Danish: slesk — fawning, subservient
• Danish: krybende — fawning, subservient
• Dutch: kruiperig — fawning, subservient
• Dutch: slaafs — fawning, subservient
• Dutch: onderworpen — fawning, subservient
• Finnish: nöyristelevä — fawning, subservient
• Finnish: mielistelevä — fawning, subservient
• Finnish: liehakoiva — fawning, subservient
• French: obséquieux — fawning, subservient
• French: soumis — fawning, subservient
• German: unterwürfig — fawning, subservient
• German: hörig — fawning, subservient
• German: servil — fawning, subservient
• German: kriecherisch — fawning, subservient
• German: devot — fawning, subservient
• Greek: γλύφτης (glýftis) — fawning, subservient
• Hindi: चापलूस (cāplūs) — fawning, subservient
• Hindi: ठकुरसुहात (ṭhakursuhāt) — fawning, subservient
• Hindi: ख़ुशामदी (xuśāmdī) — fawning, subservient
• Hungarian: alázatos — fawning, subservient
• Hungarian: szolgalelkű — fawning, subservient
• Ido: komplezachema — fawning, subservient
• Ido: respektemacha — fawning, subservient
• Irish: spleách — fawning, subservient
• Latin: obsequiōsus — fawning, subservient
• Latin: vernīlis — fawning, subservient
• Macedonian: у́годлив (úgodliv) — fawning, subservient
• Macedonian: рабо́лепен (rabólepen) — fawning, subservient
• Macedonian: по́низен (pónizen) — fawning, subservient
• Māori: whakapatipati — fawning, subservient
• Norwegian Bokmål: servil — fawning, subservient
• Norwegian Bokmål: slesk — fawning, subservient
• Norwegian Bokmål: sleskete — fawning, subservient
• Plautdietsch: dommbleed — fawning, subservient
• Polish: służalczy — fawning, subservient
• Portuguese: obsequioso — fawning, subservient
• Portuguese: submisso — fawning, subservient
• Romanian: servil — fawning, subservient
• Romanian: obsecvios — fawning, subservient
• Russian: подобостра́стный (podobostrástnyj) — fawning, subservient
• Russian: раболе́пный (rabolépnyj) — fawning, subservient
• Serbo-Croatian: servilan — fawning, subservient
• Serbo-Croatian: poslušnički — fawning, subservient
• Spanish: sumiso — fawning, subservient
• Spanish: obsequioso — fawning, subservient
• Swedish: underdånig — fawning, subservient
• Swedish: krypande — fawning, subservient
• Ukrainian: сервільний (servilʹnyj) — fawning, subservient
• Ukrainian: раболіпний (rabolipnyj) — fawning, subservient
• Vietnamese: khúm núm — fawning, subservient
• Vietnamese: xun xoe — fawning, subservient