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Adjectives (4)
cringing, groveling, wormlike, wormy
adj. totally submissive
Fuzzynyms (11)
obsequious, bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
adj. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
servile
adj. submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"
submissive, slavish, subservient
adj. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"
submissive, deferential
adj. 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"
Synonyms (5)
abject
adj. showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology"
bowing, bowed
adj. showing an excessively deferential manner
dominated, henpecked
adj. harassed by persistent nagging
Antonyms (0)
grovelling
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