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bowing

[boh-ing] / ˈboʊ ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
bending
Synonyms
STRONG
arching curving spiraling twining twisting veering warping winding
Antonyms
WEAK
straight unbent unbowed
ADJECTIVE
fawning
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flattering
STRONG
bootlicking cowering crawling cringing humble ingratiating kowtowing prostrate scraping sniveling
WEAK
abject adulatory brown-nosing compliant mealy-mouthed obsequious parasitic servile slavish spineless submissive subservient sycophant sycophantic
Antonyms
WEAK
aloof cool disinterested proud unfriendly
NOUN
capitulation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
submission yielding
STRONG
conceding resignation surrender
WEAK
accedence buckling giving up knuckling under relenting succumbing
Antonyms
WEAK
defending fight fighting
NOUN
inclination
Synonyms
STRONGEST
leaning
STRONG
acclivity bank bend bending bevel bow cant declivity deviation direction downgrade grade gradient hill incline lean list pitch ramp slope tilt
NOUN
submission
Synonyms
STRONGEST
capitulation resignation
STRONG
acquiescence appeasement assent defeatism deference docility humbleness humility malleability meekness nonresistance obedience passivism passivity prostration servility subjection submissiveness surrender tractability unassertiveness yielding
WEAK
backing down cringing giving-in pliabilty recreancy submitting
Antonyms
STRONG
disagreement disobedience rebellion
WEAK
fight resistance

Example Sentences

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Footage from the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency, showed hundreds of mourners bowing their heads in front of a group of at least 18 coffins draped in the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Some now are pressing pause, bowing out or trying to change things up creatively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

As the national anthem played following their victories, Smith and Carlos expressed their anger about racial injustice in America by bowing their heads and raising their fists.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

She is bowing out after 37 years at the helm of the men’s line and will hand over to London designer Grace Wales Bonner in 2027.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

If you were a bird, you could imagine bowing down to him.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt