transcription, транскрипция: [ -ənt ]
adjective
Etymology: Latin subservient-, subserviens, present participle of subservire
Date: circa 1626
1. : useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
2. : serving to promote some end
3. : obsequiously submissive : truckling
• sub·ser·vi·ent·ly adverb
Synonyms:
subservient , servile , slavish , obsequious mean showing or characterized by extreme compliance or abject obedience. subservient implies the cringing manner of one very conscious of a subordinate position
domestic help was expected to be properly subservient
servile suggests the mean or fawning behavior of a slave
a political boss and his entourage of servile hangers-on
slavish suggests abject or debased servility
the slavish status of migrant farm workers
obsequious implies fawning or sycophantic compliance and exaggerated deference of manner
waiters who are obsequious in the presence of celebrities