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groveling

adjective as in servile

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Whatever happened to the groveling apology and the second chance . . . the kind of forgiving spirit that made America great?

A mortified Phillips, from Belfast, wrote a groveling apology in response.

Again, stating historical facts is somehow groveling in the eyes of Obama critics.

A consummate Wall Street creature, the pathetic, groveling Paulson knew what would happen without a bailout.

The sort of groveling one imagines taking place is repulsive to consider.

The four groveling on the deck heard scream and answering scream above them as the monsters discussed the question on the wing.

Of the videos that would no doubt come out, of me weeping, reduced to a groveling animal.

Rickie rebuked his own groveling soul, and turned his eyes away from the night, which had led him to such absurd conclusions.

That country was groveling under the heel of one of the most hideous systems that the baseness of man ever conceived.

He fell over a log and went rolling and groveling in the brush and dead leaves.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to groveling, such as: cringing, fawning, humble, docile, and submissive.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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