obeisant

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

o=bei=sant

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CIDE DICTIONARY

obeisant, a. [F. obéissant, p. pr. of obéir to obey.].

Ready to obey; reverent; deferential; also, servilely submissive. [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

obeisant

abject, backscratching, beggarly, bootlicking, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching, deferential, fawning, flattering, footlicking, groveling, hangdog, ingratiating, mealymouthed, menial, obsequious, on bended knee, parasitic, prone, prostrate, servile, slavish, sniveling, sponging, submissive, subservient, sycophantic, timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyish, truckling

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