History
History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
deferential

showing respect

respectful, considerate

nice

pleasant; kind; friendly; needing care and exactness; sensitive

likable, agreeable

obsequious

too eager to obey or serve; showing too much respect (especially hoping for reward or advantage)

groveling, submissive

saccharine

a sweet cancer causing substance often used instead of sugar used for example in Coca Cola (especially in diet Coke), Pepsi Cola, juices, any other soft drinks, almost every dessert, cakes etc

sugary

suave

(especially of a man) pleasant and gracious (often insincerely) in manner

charming, smooth

submissive

giving in to the control or authority of another

compliant

INGRATIATING as in Wiktionary
INGRATIATING as in Wikipedia