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groveling
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).
[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.]
grov′el·er n.grovel, groveling - Grovel is a back-formation from groveling—which first meant "face downward in a prone or prostrate position."See also related terms for prone.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | groveling - totally submissivecringing, grovelling, wormlike, wormysubmissive - inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people" |
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Related to groveling: bothering, impeding, unobtrusively, undeniably, sidle, rebuffedSynonyms for grovelingadj totally submissiveSynonyms- cringing
- grovelling
- wormlike
- wormy
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