What is another word for grovelling?
280 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɡɹˈɒvəlɪŋ], [ ɡɹˈɒvəlɪŋ], [ ɡ_ɹ_ˈɒ_v_ə_l_ɪ_ŋ]
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Synonyms for Grovelling:
adj.
• base (adjective)- dishonorable,
- abominable,
- ignoble,
- coarse,
- pitiful,
- immoral,
- contemptible,
- mean,
- humble,
- ugly,
- indelicate,
- poor,
- despicable,
- lowly,
- disreputable,
- loathsome,
- trashy,
- common,
- unworthy,
- corrupt,
- shameful,
- vile,
- sorry,
- sleazy,
- disgraceful,
- plebeian,
- cheap,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- paltry,
- worthless,
- depraved,
- offensive.
n.
• grovelling (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• court (verb)- entice,
- praise,
- ask in marriage,
- grovel,
- date,
- make time with,
- go out with,
- entreat,
- woo,
- take out,
- curry favor,
- propose,
- follow,
- bid,
- invite,
- seek,
- attract,
- solicit,
- pander to,
- pay addresses to,
- spoon,
- allure,
- set one's cap,
- make love to,
- run after,
- spark,
- please,
- make overture,
- pop the question,
- pursue,
- go with,
- chase,
- go together,
- sue,
- sweetheart,
- charm,
- gallant,
- go steady,
- seek the hand of,
- pay court to,
- serenade,
- cultivate,
- keep company with,
- captivate,
- Importune.
- skulk,
- draw back,
- flinch,
- brownnose,
- shrink,
- blench,
- sneak,
- toady,
- quail,
- wince,
- tremble,
- recoil,
- fawn.
- clamber,
- hang back,
- inch,
- scrabble,
- slither,
- plod,
- worm,
- wriggle,
- lag,
- slide,
- pull oneself along,
- drag oneself along,
- go on belly,
- drag,
- abase oneself,
- lollygag,
- poke,
- move on hands and knees,
- go on all fours,
- loiter along,
- writhe,
- move at snail's pace,
- squirm.
- lurk,
- crawl on all fours,
- edge,
- scramble,
- gumshoe,
- steal,
- glide,
- pussyfoot,
- insinuate,
- slink,
- tiptoe,
- approach unnoticed.
- squat,
- Quat,
- dip,
- bend,
- huddle,
- scrooch down,
- bend down,
- hunker down,
- hunch,
- bow.
- bow and scrape,
- snivel,
- kowtow,
- suck up to,
- beseech,
- brown-nose,
- cower,
- butter up,
- humor,
- eat humble pie,
- truckle,
- crawl,
- blandish,
- cringe,
- soft-soap,
- make up to,
- apple-polish,
- stoop,
- fall all over,
- cater to,
- flatter,
- revere,
- creep,
- eat dirt,
- crouch,
- implore,
- bootlick,
- play up to,
- eat crow,
- beg,
- wheedle,
- pamper,
- kiss one's feet,
- beg for mercy,
- make much of,
- humble oneself,
- court,
- kneel.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- creeping,
- brown-nosing,
- degraded,
- infra dig,
- Sycophantish,
- sugary,
- slavishness,
- baseness,
- slimy,
- Toadyism,
- inferior,
- Time-serving,
- submissiveness,
- unctuousness,
- wicked,
- cowering,
- miserable,
- wheedling,
- acquiescence,
- abjection,
- obsequiousness,
- scurrilous,
- servility,
- crawling,
- Toad-eating,
- truckling,
- undignified,
- boot-licking,
- Mean-spirited,
- sycophancy,
- dishonourable,
- deferential,
- flattery,
- smarmy,
- apple-polishing,
- oily,
- Abjectness,
- Cajoling,
- meanness,
- arse-licking,
- Servileness,
- Snivelling,
- Toadying,
- downtrodden,
- spineless,
- kowtowing,
- saccharine,
- vermiculate,
- worm-eaten,
- vileness,
- scraping,
- ingratiating,
- buttery,
- submission,
- smarminess,
- acquiescent,
- sweet-talking,
- mealy-mouthed,
- slippery,
- arse-kissing,
- unctuous,
- toadyish,
- mean-spiritedness,
- Sycophantism,
- ass-kissing,
- craven,
- ass-licking,
- sliminess,
- subservience.
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