GROVELLING Synonyms
2 hypernyms for grovelling. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for GROVELLING
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| begging | verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj | |||||
noun • a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) | ||||||
| crawling | verb v | |||||
noun • a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | ||||||
| fawning | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery • attempting to win favor by flattery | ||||||
| kneeling | verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj | |||||
noun • supporting yourself on your knees | ||||||
| obsequious | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery • attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner | ||||||
| subservient | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • compliant and obedient to authority • serving or acting as a means or aid • abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant | ||||||
| sycophantic | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery • attempting to win favor by flattery | ||||||
| prostrating | verb v | |||||
adjective satellite • stretched out and lying at full length along the ground • lying face downward verb • get into a prostrate position, as in submission • render helpless or defenseless • throw down flat, as on the ground | ||||||
| cower | verb v | |||||
verb • crouch or curl up • show submission or fear | ||||||
| crawl | verb v | |||||
noun • a very slow movement • a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick • a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body verb • move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground • feel as if crawling with insects • be full of • show submission or fear • swim by doing the crawl | ||||||
| creep | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric • a slow longitudinal movement or deformation • a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot • a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body verb • move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground • to go stealthily or furtively • grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) • show submission or fear | ||||||
| cringe | verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj | |||||
noun • some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame • A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. verb • draw back, as with fear or pain • show submission or fear | ||||||
| fawn | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color • a young deer verb • show submission or fear • try to gain favor by cringing or flattering • have fawns | ||||||