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Search phrase: obsequious

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
HamletHam I.ii.92To do obsequious sorrow. But to perseverTo do obsequious Sorrow. But to perseuer
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.v.118And so obsequious will thy father be,And so obsequious will thy Father be,
Measure for MeasureMM II.iv.28Quit their own part, and in obsequious fondnessQuit their owne part, and in obsequious fondnesse
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.ii.2sufferance. I see you are obsequious in your love, and Isufferance; I see you are obsequious in your loue, and I
OthelloOth I.i.46That, doting on his own obsequious bondage,That (doting on his owne obsequious bondage)
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.151To shed obsequious tears upon this trunk.To shed obsequious teares vpon this Trunke:

Poems

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SonnetsSonn.31.5 How many a holy and obsequious tear How many a holy and obsequious teare
SonnetsSonn.125.9 No, let me be obsequious in thy heart, Noe, let me be obsequious in thy heart,

Glossary

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cap-and-kneesycophantic, flattering, obsequious
insinuatingingratiating, fawning, obsequious
obsequiousdutiful [without suggesting servility]; appropriate after a death
obsequiousdevoted, compliant, ready to please
observantingratiating attendant, obsequious servant
observingcompliant, deferential, obsequious
silly-duckingfoolishly bowing, ridiculously obsequious
spanielobsequious, slavish, submissive

Thesaurus

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obsequiouscap-and-knee
obsequiousinsinuating
obsequiousobserving
obsequiousspaniel
obsequious servantobservant
obsequious, ridiculouslysilly-ducking
ridiculously obsequioussilly-ducking
servant, obsequiousobservant

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