obsequiousness
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- 29
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- 14
Definition of obsequiousness
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)The quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.
“The crusty portier and the crusty clerks gave us the surly reception which their kind deal out in prosperous times, but by mollifying them with an extra display of obsequiousness and servility we finally got them to show us to the room which our boy had engaged for us.”
“The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.”
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Etymology
From Middle English obsequyousnesse, equivalent to obsequious + -ness.
Words you can make from obsequiousness
200+ playable · top: OBSEQUIOUS (21 pts)
Best play obsequious 21 points10-letter words
2 words9-letter words
4 words8-letter words
9 words7-letter words
23 words- BISQUES 18 pts
- BOSQUES 18 pts
- EQUINES 16 pts
- SEQUINS 16 pts
- UNIQUES 16 pts
- BONUSES 9 pts
- BOONIES 9 pts
- BOSSIES 9 pts
- EBONIES 9 pts
- EBONISE 9 pts
- NIOBOUS 9 pts
- NOOBIES 9 pts
- SOUBISE 9 pts
- EOSINES 7 pts
- ESSOINS 7 pts
- ONESIES 7 pts
- OSSEINS 7 pts
- OSSEOUS 7 pts
- SENSEIS 7 pts
- SESSION 7 pts
- SINUOUS 7 pts
- SINUSES 7 pts
- SNOOSES 7 pts
6-letter words
46 words- BISQUE 17 pts
- BOSQUE 17 pts
- SQUIBS 17 pts
- UBIQUE 17 pts
- EQUINE 15 pts
- QUEENS 15 pts
- QUESOS 15 pts
- QUEUES 15 pts
- QUOINS 15 pts
- SEQUIN 15 pts
- UNIQUE 15 pts
- USQUES 15 pts
- BISONS 8 pts
- BOSONS 8 pts
- BOSSES 8 pts
- BOSUNS 8 pts
- BOUSES 8 pts
- BUSIES 8 pts
- BUSSES 8 pts
- NOOBIE 8 pts
- OBSESS 8 pts
- UNSUBS 8 pts
- ENOSIS 6 pts
- ENSUES 6 pts
- EOSINE 6 pts
- EOSINS 6 pts
- ESSOIN 6 pts
- ISSUES 6 pts
- NESSES 6 pts
- NOESIS 6 pts
- NOISES 6 pts
- NOOSES 6 pts
- NOUSES 6 pts
- ONESIE 6 pts
- ONUSES 6 pts
- OSSEIN 6 pts
- SEINES 6 pts
- SEISES 6 pts
- SENSEI 6 pts
- SENSES 6 pts
- SISSES 6 pts
- SNOOSE 6 pts
- SONSIE 6 pts
- SOUSES 6 pts
- SUSSES 6 pts
- UNSEES 6 pts
5-letter words
48 words- SQUIB 16 pts
- EQUES 14 pts
- QUEEN 14 pts
- QUESO 14 pts
- QUEUE 14 pts
- QUINS 14 pts
- QUOIN 14 pts
- USQUE 14 pts
- BENES 7 pts
- BESES 7 pts
- BINES 7 pts
- BISES 7 pts
- BISON 7 pts
- BONES 7 pts
- BONUS 7 pts
- BOONS 7 pts
- BOSON 7 pts
- BOSUN 7 pts
- BOUSE 7 pts
- BUSES 7 pts
- EBONS 7 pts
- NOOBS 7 pts
- OBESE 7 pts
- OBOES 7 pts
- SNIBS 7 pts
- SNOBS 7 pts
- SNUBS 7 pts
- UNSUB 7 pts
- ENSUE 5 pts
- EOSIN 5 pts
- ESNES 5 pts
- ESSES 5 pts
- ISSUE 5 pts
- NISUS 5 pts
- NOISE 5 pts
- NOOSE 5 pts
- NOSES 5 pts
- SEINE 5 pts
- SEISE 5 pts
- SENES 5 pts
- SENSE 5 pts
- SINES 5 pts
- SINUS 5 pts
- SISES 5 pts
- SONES 5 pts
- SOUSE 5 pts
- SUSES 5 pts
- UNSEE 5 pts
4-letter words
60 words- QUIN 13 pts
- SUQS 13 pts
- BEEN 6 pts
- BEES 6 pts
- BENE 6 pts
- BENS 6 pts
- BINE 6 pts
- BINS 6 pts
- BIOS 6 pts
- BISE 6 pts
- BONE 6 pts
- BOON 6 pts
- BOOS 6 pts
- BOSS 6 pts
- BUNS 6 pts
- BUSS 6 pts
- EBON 6 pts
- NEBS 6 pts
- NIBS 6 pts
- NOBS 6 pts
- NOOB 6 pts
- NUBS 6 pts
- OBES 6 pts
- OBIS 6 pts
- OBOE 6 pts
- SIBS 6 pts
- SNIB 6 pts
- SNOB 6 pts
- SNUB 6 pts
- SOBS 6 pts
- SUBS 6 pts
- UNBE 6 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- ESES 4 pts
- ESNE 4 pts
- ESSE 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- NESS 4 pts
- NOES 4 pts
- NOSE 4 pts
- NOUS 4 pts
- ONES 4 pts
- ONOS 4 pts
- ONUS 4 pts
- OSES 4 pts
- SEEN 4 pts
- SEES 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
- SENE 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
- SINS 4 pts
- SONE 4 pts
- SONS 4 pts
- SOON 4 pts
- SOUS 4 pts
- SUES 4 pts
- SUNS 4 pts
- SUSS 4 pts
- UNIS 4 pts
- USES 4 pts
3-letter words
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