obsequious

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ob·se·qui·ous BrE [əbˈsiːkwiəs] NAmE [əbˈsiːkwiəs] adjective (formal, disapproving)
trying too hard to please sb, especially sb who is important
Syn: ↑servile
•an obsequious manner
Derived Words: ↑obsequiously ▪ ↑obsequiousness

Word Origin:
[obsequious obsequiously obsequiousness] late 15th cent. (not originally in a negative sense): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliance’, from obsequi ‘follow, comply with’.

Example Bank:
•The waiters came hurrying forward with obsequious smiles on their faces.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish