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View usage for: (sɜːʳvaɪl, US -vəl) adjectiveIf you say that someone is servile, you disapprove of them because they are too eager to obey someone or do things for them. [formal, disapproval] He was subservient and servile. They said she had a servile attitude to her employer. Synonyms: subservient, cringing, grovelling, mean More Synonyms of servile servility (sɜːʳvɪlɪti) uncountable noun She's a curious mixture of stubbornness and servility. Synonyms: subservience, fawning, grovelling, meanness More Synonyms of servile servile in British English (ˈsɜːvaɪl) adjective1. obsequious or fawning in attitude or behaviour; submissive 2. of or suitable for a slave 3. existing in or relating to a state of slavery 4. (when postpositive, foll by to) submitting or obedient Derived forms servilely (ˈservilely) adverb servility (sɜːˈvɪlɪtɪ) or servileness (ˈservileness) noun Word origin C14: from Latin servīlis, from servus slave servile in American English (ˈsɜrvəl; ˈsɜrˌvaɪl) adjective2. like that of slaves or servants servile employment 3. like or characteristic of a slave; humbly yielding or submissive; cringing; abject 4. Archaic held in slavery; not free Derived forms servilely (ˈservilely) adverb servility (serˈvility) (sərˈvɪləti) nounWord forms: plural serˈvilities servileness (ˈservileness) noun Word origin ME < L servilis < servus, slave: see serf Examples of 'servile' in a sentenceservile Definition too eager to obey people He was subservient and servile. Synonyms cringing grovelling base humble craven toadying bootlicking (informal) toadyish Additional synonymsDefinition lacking all self-respect He sounded abject and eager to please. Synonyms servile, humble, humiliating, craven, cringing, fawning, submissive, grovelling, subservient, slavish, mean, low, obsequiousSynonyms inferior, mean, low, poor, sorry, miserable, worthless, lowly, paltry, pitiful, grovelling, menial, subservient, downtrodden, wretched, servile, slavishflanked on all sides by fawning minions Synonyms obsequious, crawling, flattering, cringing, abject, grovelling, prostrate, deferential, sycophantic, servile, slavish, bowing and scraping, bootlicking (informal) - serve as something or someone
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Additional synonymsDefinition unworthy or contemptible That was a really low trick. Synonyms contemptible, mean, base, nasty, cowardly, degraded, vulgar, vile, sordid, abject, unworthy, despicable, depraved, menial, reprehensible, dastardly (old-fashioned), scurvy (old-fashioned), servile, unprincipled, dishonourable, ignoblesouthern opportunists of mean origins Synonyms lowly, low, common, ordinary, modest, base, obscure, humble, inferior, vulgar, menial, proletarian, undistinguished, servile, ignoble, plebeian, lowborn, baseborn (archaic) Definition involving or doing boring work of low status low-paid menial jobs such as cleaning Synonyms low-status, degrading, lowly, unskilled, low, base, sorry, boring, routine, dull, humble, mean, vile, demeaning, fawning, abject, grovelling, humdrum, subservient, ignominious, sycophantic, servile, slavish, ignoble, obsequiousDefinition being overattentive in order to gain favour She is positively obsequious to anyone with a title. Synonyms servile, flattering, cringing, fawning, abject, submissive, grovelling, menial, subservient, ingratiating, deferential, sycophantic, slavish, unctuous, smarmy (British, informal), mealy-mouthed, toadying, bootlicking (informal), toadyish Definition of or like a slave slavish devotion Synonyms servile, cringing, abject, submissive, grovelling, mean, low, base, fawning, despicable, menial, sycophantic, obsequiousDefinition showing quiet obedience Most doctors want their patients to be submissive. Synonyms meek, passive, obedient, compliant, patient, resigned, yielding, accommodating, humble, subdued, lowly, abject, amenable, docile, dutiful, ingratiating, malleable, deferential, pliant, obsequious, uncomplaining, tractable, acquiescent, biddable, unresisting, bootlicking (informal), obeisant his clique of sycophantic friends Synonyms obsequious, grovelling, ingratiating, servile, crawling, flattering, cringing, fawning, slimy (British), slavish, unctuous, smarmy (British, informal), toadying, parasitical, arse-licking (taboo, slang), bootlicking (informal), timeservingDefinition pretending to be kind and concerned but obviously not sincere the kind of unctuous tone that I've heard at diplomatic parties Synonyms obsequious, smooth, slick, plausible, oily, gushing, fawning, suave, glib, ingratiating, insincere, sycophantic, smarmy (British, informal) |