Translations for „obsequious“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

ob·se·qui·ous [əbˈsi:kwiəs] ADJ pej form

obsequious person, manner:

obsequious

hlapčevski

to be obsequious to sb

biti hlapčevski do koga

to be obsequious to sb

klečeplaziti pred kom

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Complimenting someone can be effective, but can appear obsequious if you overdo it.

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This is first indicated by his obsequious response to being hit in the face by a banana thrown by the school's cricket captain.

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And all the staff were warm and friendly without being irritatingly obsequious.

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And yet something about it still strikes me as a little obsequious.

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He was outgoing and eager to please to the point of being obsequious.

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He frequently wears an expression that's both angelic and devilish, and manages to be both obsequious and disarming.

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He's like the world's most insistent salesman, uninhibitedly obsequious and overeager to please, who's selling nothing but the milk of human kindness.

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He's fine as an actor, but as himself he seems mannered and just a little obsequious.

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This obsequious compliment is scarcely to be taken seriously.

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And it helps that journalists can often be craven and obsequious and desperate for access.

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