Reverse Dictionary: OBSEQUIOUS

ADJECTIVES
► ABJECT of low repute; despicable, wretched; self-abasing, servile, obsequious → c1430
► ADULATORIOUS full of adulation; servilely or fulsomely flattering or praising; currying favour; servile, obsequious → 1664 obs.
► ASS-KISSING obsequious, sycophantic → 1952 Amer. sl.
► ASS-LICKING obsequious, sycophantic; hence, despicable, goddamned → 1939 Amer. sl.
► BUTTOCK-LICKING obsequious, sycophantic; hence, despicable, goddamned → 1921 Amer. sl.
► COMPLACENTIOUS complaisant, obsequious, soothing, and thereby, pleasing → 1656 obs.
► KISS-ASS servile and obsequious → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► LICK-MA- DOWP obsequious, fawning → 1724 Sc.
► MEACHING ► MEECHING ► MICHING skulking, sneaking, creeping softly; cringing; self-deprecating, obsequious; contemptible, useless, good-for-nothing → 1792 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► SMARMY in the manner of a sycophant; insincere in manner; ingratiating, obsequious; smug → 1924 colloq.
► SYCOPHANT meanly flattering, basely obsequious; sycophantic → a1684
► SYCOPHANTICAL meanly flattering; basely obsequious → 1632 obs.
► SYCOPHANTISH basely obsequious; meanly flattering → 1821
► SYCOPHANTLY meanly flattering; basely obsequious → 1680 obs.
► UP EACH OTHER behaving obsequiously, or in a sycophantic manner towards each other → 1940s Aust. sl.

ADVERBS
► HAT IN HAND obsequiously → 1997 US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► ARSE-LICKING obsequious behaviour; toadying → 1912 sl.
► ASS-KISSING obsequious behaviour; toadying → 1942 sl., chiefly US
► BUM-SUCKING obsequious behaviour; toadying → 1949 Brit. sl.
► CRINGE a servile or sycophantic bow; an obsequious, deferential, or sycophantic act or attitude → 1592
► KOWTOW an act of obsequious respect → 1834
► OBSEQUENCE compliance, complaisance, obsequiousness → 1603
► OBSEQUIOSITY obsequiousness → 1885
► OBSEQUITY obsequiousness → 1892
► OBSEQUY ready compliance with the will or pleasure of another, esp. of a superior; deferential service; obsequiousness → 1432-50
► PULLING WOOL acting in an obsequious manner → 1869 Amer. dial.
► UNCLE TOMMING behaving obsequiously toward White people → 1944 Amer. dial., derogatory

NOUNS – PERSON
► APPLE-POLISHER an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant; a flatterer → 1892 colloq., orig. & chiefly US (Bk.)
► ARSE-LICKER an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant → 1938 sl.
► ASS WIPE a worthless, contemptible person, esp. if also obsequious; one who curries favour; a toady → 1952 Amer. sl.
► ASS-KISSER an obsequious person; a toady, a sycophant → 1766 sl., chiefly US
► ASS-LICKER an obsequious person; a flatterer; a sycophant, a toady → 1939  US sl.
► BACK PATTER an obsequious person; a sycophant; a toady  → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BACK-SCRATCHER one who praises you for your praise of him or her; an obsequious person; a flatterer, a sycophant, a toady → 1897
► BACK SLAPPER an obsequious person; a sycophant; a flatterer; a toady → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOOTKISSER a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOTLICK a flattering, fawning, obsequious person; a toady, a sycophant; one who tries to curry favour → 1849 Amer. dial.
► BROWN-NOSE an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant → 1938 sl., orig. US military usage
► BROWN-NOSER an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant → 1950 sl., orig. US military usage
► BUMBOY a follower or employee who is obsequious or servile → 1981 Aust. colloq., derogatory (Bk.)
► BUM-SUCKER an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant → 1877 Brit. sl.
► BUTT BOY an obsequious or servile person; a sycophant → 1948 US colloq.
► COCKSUCKER an obsequious and flattering male; a male sycophant → 2006 US sl., derogatory (Bk.)
► CRAWLER an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant → 1892 sl., orig. Aust.
► ECHO one who assents obsequiously to the opinions of another; a person who reflects or imitates the language, sentiments, or conduct of others → a1631
► GREASER an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant → 1900 sl.
► KISS-ASS a person who is servile and obsequious → 1993 sl. (Bk.)
► KOWTOWER an obsequious person; a toady → 1961
► LACKEY ► LACQUEY one who is servilely obsequious; a toady; a yes-man → c1692
► LIMBERHAM one who has ‘limber hams’, a supple-jointed person; fig. a servile flatterer; an obsequious person → 1689 obs.
► OBSERVICER one who shows respect, deference or dutiful attention; an obsequious follower → 1625 obs.
► POODLE a person who is obsequiously or unquestioningly willing to follow or obey another; a lackey → 1907 derogatory
► SUCK an obsequious person; a toady; a sycophant; a schoolchild who curries favour with teachers → 1900 sl.
► TANTONY a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another → 1659
► TANTONY PIG a servile flatterer; a parasite; one who obsequiously follows another → 1738
► WAGTAIL a familiar or contemptuous epithet or form of address applied to a man or young woman; an obsequious person → 1605 obs.
► YES-GIRL an obsequiously subordinate woman → 1930
► YES-MAN a man who agrees from self-interest or fear with everything put to him by a superior; an obsequious subordinate; one who always says yes to their superiors in the belief that this is what they like to hear; a sycophant; a toady; a flatterer → 1912 colloq., orig. US
► YES-WIFE an obsequiously subordinate woman → 1912
► YES-WOMAN an obsequiously subordinate woman → 1933

VERBS
► AK to curry favour by obsequious behaviour (Ass-Kiss) → 1939 US sl.
► ARSE-LICK to behave obsequiously towards; to toady → 1968 sl.
► ASSHOLE to grovel, to submit or behave obsequiously → 1940 Amer. sl.
► ASS-KISS to curry favour with in a self-degrading manner; to toady; to behave obsequiously to → 1961 Amer. sl.
► ASS-LICK to curry-favour; to be obsequious → 1937 sl., orig. US
► BUM-SUCK to behave obsequiously towards; to toady → 1930 Brit. sl.
► CRAWL to behave obsequiously towards; to toady → 1881 sl., orig. Aust.
► CRINGE to behave obsequiously or submissively; to show servile deference to a person → c1660
► JEFF to behave obsequiously, esp. towards Whites; to humiliate oneself → 1960s African-American sl.
► KISS SOMEONE’S ARSE ► KISS SOMEONE’S ASS to behave obsequiously or sycophantically towards → 1749 sl.
► KOWTOW to act in an obsequious or obedient manner → 1826
► LICK SOMEONE’S ARSE ► LICK SOMEONE’S ASS to behave obsequiously towards → 1864 sl.
► PISS IN SOMEONE’S POCKET to behave obsequiously towards → 1967 Aust. sl.
► SUCK AROUND to behave obsequiously → 1931 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► SUCK-HOLE to behave obsequiously towards → 1961 sl., orig. & chiefly Can.
► SUCK UP ► SUCK UP TO to behave obsequiously towards → 1860  sl.