Thesaurus / grovel
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synonyms for grovel
- beseech
- fawn
- beg
- blandish
- bootlick
- brown-nose
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- flatter
- humor
- implore
- kneel
- kowtow
- pamper
- prostrate
- revere
- snivel
- soft-soap
- stoop
- truckle
- wheedle
- apple-polish
- beg for mercy
- bow and scrape
- butter up
- cater to
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- eat humble pie
- fall all over
- humble oneself
- kiss one's feet
- make much of
- make up to
- play up to
- suck up to
- yes
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I found the island’s one pier, paddled out, and proceeded to grovel for two-foot waves.
MY QUEST TO SURF EVERY COASTAL STATEERILEYJULY 28, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEA 17th-century astronomer and naturalist, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, thought snakes used their tongues for “picking the dirt out of their noses … since they are always grovelling on the ground.”
WHY DO SNAKES FLICK THEIR TONGUES?PURBITA SAHAJUNE 20, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEWe need not grovel in the sinks and cellars, neither need we ruminate upon the house-tops.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMANBehind the back of Monsieur P—— they grouch; before his face they grovel.
OVER THE FRONT IN AN AEROPLANE AND SCENES INSIDE THE FRENCH AND FLEMISH TRENCHESRALPH PULITZERNay, I would ask her forgiveness and grovel before her, if she would only let me enjoy her love again.
THE MAKING OF A SAINTWILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAMThen the two ladies who looked beheld Houdaine fall down at the feet of Sir Tristram and grovel there with joy.
THE STORY OF THE CHAMPIONS OF THE ROUND TABLEHOWARD PYLEMahmud tried to grovel at the captains feet, wailing to Allah and the Prophet.
CURSEDGEORGE ALLAN ENGLANDI will off into my Hell, and grovel there in fire for ever.'
THE LIVES OF THE SAINTS, VOLUME III (OF 16): MARCHSABINE BARING-GOULDI've seen you grovel, and I've heard you whine, and what a man will do once he'll do again under like conditions.
THE TRANSGRESSION OF ANDREW VANEGUY WETMORE CARRYLIf Miss Sorel were going to be married, and leave for England, she wouldn't want a secretary long, so there was no need to grovel!
VISION HOUSEC. N. WILLIAMSONWORDS RELATED TO GROVEL
- allure
- ask in marriage
- attract
- beseech
- bid
- bootlick
- captivate
- charm
- chase
- cultivate
- curry favor
- date
- entice
- entreat
- flatter
- follow
- gallant
- go out with
- go steady
- go together
- go with
- grovel
- importune
- invite
- keep company with
- make love to
- make overture
- make time with
- pander to
- pay addresses to
- pay court to
- please
- pop the question
- praise
- propose
- pursue
- run after
- seek
- seek the hand of
- serenade
- set one's cap
- solicit
- spark
- spoon
- sue
- sweetheart
- take out
- woo
- allured
- asked in marriage
- attracted
- bade
- besought
- bootlicked
- captivated
- charmed
- chased
- cultivated
- curried favor
- dated
- enticed
- entreated
- flattered
- followed
- gallanted
- grovelled
- importuned
- invited
- kept company with
- made love to
- made overture
- made time with
- paid addresses to
- paid court to
- pandered to
- pleased
- popped the question
- praised
- proposed
- pursued
- ran after
- serenaded
- set one's cap
- solicited
- sought
- sought the hand of
- sparked
- spooned
- sued
- sweethearted
- took out
- went out with
- went steady
- went together
- went with
- wooed
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