groveler

grov·el

G0287700 (grŏv′əl, grŭv′-)intr.v. grov·eled, grov·el·ing, grov·els also grov·elled or grov·el·ling 1. To behave in a servile or obsequious manner.2. To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility.3. To give oneself over to base pleasures: "Have we not groveled here long enough, eating and drinking like mere brutes?" (Walt Whitman).

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[Back-formation from obsolete groveling, prone, face downward, from Middle English : (on) grufe, face downwards (from Old Norse ā grūfu, from grūfa, to grovel) + -ling, adv. suff.; see -ling².]

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grov′el·er n.

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Noun

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groveler - someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respectapple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, trucklerass-kisser, crawler, sycophant, toady, lackey - a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Translations

adulatore