obsequious

servile; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

Heard in 5 songs (3.8M+ combined views) — most famously in "Appetite of a People-Pleaser" by Ghost and Pals.

Updated March 2, 2025

Songs Featuring “obsequious”

Time: 1:17

'Cause there isn't anything I, I'd rather be
Call me obsequious
I guess I'm a bit dramatic

Time: 0:48

My image is of agony, my servants rape the land
Obsequious and arrogant, clandestine and vain
Two thousand years of misery, of torture in my name

Time: 3:32

Listen to my chest beat, tell me this ain't heart,
You've got to be as obsequious as the disciples of Jesus,
This is my Master Thesis.

Time: 0:54

They bombard us every day
The masses are obsequious
Contented in their sleep

Time: 0:08

So I looked out the window at him
He had the same obsequious manner
That was the reason I had him killed