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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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But showing up doesn’t necessarily have to mean bowing down.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

Brazil's Rebeca Andrade took gold ahead of United States pair Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles, who showed their class by bowing down on the podium to Andrade.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 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

This time, though, he treated Trump respectfully without bowing down – like you’d treat a friend who decides they’re a libertarian after reading Ayn Rand.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2020

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

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt