obsequious \ub-SEE-kwee-us\ adjective. : marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness. Examples: "Not pleasing others enough amounts to surliness, pleasing too much makes one obsequious—you have to be friendly, but not too friendly.

Is obsequious an insult?

If you describe someone as obsequious, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to help or agree with someone more important than them.

Is being obsequious a bad thing?

The word “obsequious” is used to describe someone who is almost pathetically eager to follow, obey, and serve. ... By the 1500s, however, the word had acquired its modern sense of being fawning and sycophantic, and it has decidedly negative connotations today.