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bowing down

ADJECTIVE
submissive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accommodating deferential dutiful meek obedient passive
WEAK
abject acquiescent amenable comformable complying docile domesticated giving-in humble ingratiating lowly malleable menial nonresistant nonresisting obeisant obeying obsequious patient pliable pliant resigned servile slavish subdued tame tractable uncomplaining unresisting yes yielding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disobedient immodest
WEAK
fighting intractable resistant unyielding

Example Sentences

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The world's most decorated gymnast had a big smile on her face when bowing down to Andrade.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2024

He describes the atmosphere as everyone bowing down to Spacey and that the actor was running the show.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2024

The very title of the song challenges the prospect of bowing down to authority.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

“He had everything handed to him. . . . Everything had to be about him — me, me, me, why aren’t you bowing down to me?”

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2020

I tried to imagine Caroline bowing down to me.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson