All the king's subjects, fearing his wrath, often acted quite servile.
Source: tatoeba (1987)
Servile
//ˈsəɹ.vəl//
Synonyms for "servile" (135 found)
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Strong matches (41)
Related words (67)
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Adjective(6 words)
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15 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- раболепен adj (slavish or submissive)
- робски adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
- сервилен adj (slavish or submissive)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 低三下四 adj (slavish or submissive)
Finnish
4 entries- alamainen adj (slavish or submissive)
- orja adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
- orjallinen adj (slavish or submissive)
- orjamainen adj (slavish or submissive)
French
1 entries- servile adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
Galician
2 entries- servil adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
- servil adj (slavish or submissive)
German
4 entries- hündisch adj (slavish or submissive)
- servil adj (slavish or submissive)
- sklavisch adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
- sklavisch adj (slavish or submissive)
Greek
1 entries- δουλικός adj (slavish or submissive)
Irish
2 entries- moghach adj (slavish or submissive)
- uiríseal adj (slavish or submissive)
Italian
3 entries- adulatore adj (slavish or submissive)
- leccapiedi adj (slavish or submissive)
- servile adj (slavish or submissive)
Japanese
2 entries- 卑屈な adj (slavish or submissive)
- 奴隷の adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
Latin
3 entries- humilis adj (slavish or submissive)
- obnoxius adj (slavish or submissive)
- vernīlis adj (slavish or submissive)
Middle English
3 entries- serviable adj (slavish or submissive)
- servisable adj (slavish or submissive)
- servyle adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
Old Armenian
1 entries- ցած adj (slavish or submissive)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ذلیل adj (slavish or submissive)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- dommbleed adj (slavish or submissive)
Polish
3 entries- lokajski adj (slavish or submissive)
- niewolniczy adj (slavish or submissive)
- uniżony adj (slavish or submissive)
Portuguese
2 entries- servil adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
- servil adj (slavish or submissive)
Romanian
2 entries- servil adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
- slugarnic adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
Russian
4 entries- подобостра́стный adj (slavish or submissive)
- ра́бский adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
- раболе́пный adj (slavish or submissive)
- холо́пский adj (slavish or submissive)
Spanish
2 entries- servil adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
- servil adj (slavish or submissive)
Swedish
4 entries- devot adj (slavish or submissive)
- fjäskig adj (slavish or submissive)
- servil adj (slavish or submissive)
- slav adj (of or pertaining to a slave)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
"Stop being servile, Tom." "Okay."
Source: tatoeba (12586070)
Tom is a servile man like Akaky Akakievich.
Source: tatoeba (12899612)
Servile people are dams of freedom.
Source: tatoeba (13416221)
Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.
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