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View usage for: (sleɪvɪʃ) 1. adjectiveYou use slavish to describe things that copy or imitate something exactly, without any attempt to be original. [disapproval] She herself insists she is no slavish follower of fashion. slavishly adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective] Your camera can be as useful as a sketchbook, but don't slavishly copy your photographs. Television adaptations don't normally remain slavishly faithful to their text. 2. graded adjectiveIf you describe someone as slavish, you are critical of the fact that they behave like a slave, for example by always doing what another person wants. [disapproval] Total devotion it certainly was, slavish devotion some would say. More Synonyms of slavish slavish in British English (ˈsleɪvɪʃ) adjective1. of or befitting a slave 2. being or resembling a slave; servile Derived forms slavishly (ˈslavishly) adverb slavishness (ˈslavishness) noun slavish in American English (ˈsleɪvɪʃ) adjective1. of or characteristic of a slave or slaves; specif., a. hopelessly submissive; servile b. Rare involving drudgery; laborious 2. blindly dependent or imitative slavish adherence to a model Derived forms slavishly (ˈslavishly) adverb slavishness (ˈslavishness) noun Examples of 'slavish' in a sentenceslavish Definition imitating or copying exactly without any originality a slavish follower of fashion Synonyms unoriginal conventional second-hand Opposites independent , original , imaginative , radical , creative , revolutionary , inventive Definition of or like a slave slavish devotion Synonyms Opposites assertive , rebellious , wilful , masterful , domineering , self-willed 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, slavishDefinition deserving contempt He said it was a despicable crime. Synonyms contemptible, mean, low, base, cheap (informal), infamous, degrading, worthless, disgraceful, shameful, vile, sordid, pitiful, abject, hateful, reprehensible, ignominious, disreputable, wretched, scurvy (old-fashioned), detestable, scungy (Australian, New Zealand), beyond contempt - slave
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Additional synonymsflanked on all sides by fawning minions Synonyms obsequious, crawling, flattering, cringing, abject, grovelling, prostrate, deferential, sycophantic, servile, slavish, bowing and scraping, bootlicking (informal) Definition 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 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 not having or showing much imagination Film critics called it a monumentally unimaginative movie. Synonyms unoriginal, banal, uninspired, usual, ordinary, routine, dull, predictable, tame, pedestrian, derivative, commonplace, vanilla (informal), lifeless, prosaic, hackneyed, unromantic, uncreative Definition not particularly good or exciting The script was singularly uninspired. Synonyms unexciting, banal, unimaginative, stock, ordinary, dull, indifferent, commonplace, vanilla (informal), stale, prosaic, uninspiring, humdrum, uninteresting, unoriginal |