Groveling

Synonyms for "groveling" (87 found)

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Closest matches (18)

abject accumbent apple polishing apple-polishing ass-kissing back scratching backscratching beggarly bootlicking brown-nosing couchant couche cowering crawling cringing

Adjective(2 words)

carrion contemptible

Adjective(1 words)

cringing

Strong matches (26)

crouching decumbent draped fawnery fawning flat flattering flunkyism footlicking grovelling handshaking hangdog ingratiating ingratiation insinuation kowtowing lolling lounging lying mealymouthed

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mealymouthedness

Adjective(4 words)

derisible despicable ignominious miserable

Adjective(1 words)

grovelling

Related words (43)

Adjective(9 words)

murrain reprehensible reptilian scandalous scurvy uncool unctuous woeful wretched

obeisance obeisant obsequious obsequiousness on bended knee parasitic parasitism procumbent prone prostrate prostration reclining recumbent reposing resupine servile sniveling sponging sprawled sprawling

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spread supine sycophancy sycophant sycophantic timeserving toadeating toadying toadyish toadyism truckling tufthunting

Adjective(2 words)

wormlike wormy

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4 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

grovelling

form of

1 entries

grovel

has context

1 entries

similar

1 entries

submissive

Translations

2 translations across 2 languages.

Polish

1 entries

pokłon verb (Translations)

Spanish

1 entries

postración verb (Translations)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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New ways I must attempt, my groveling name To raise aloft, and wing my flight to fame.

Source: wiktionary

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