groveling

English

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Adjective

groveling (comparative more groveling, superlative most groveling)

  1. Showing excessive, servile respect or submission, often to gain favor or forgiveness.
  2. Of an animal, having the belly or face towards or on the ground.

Noun

groveling (plural grovelings)

  1. The act or practice of one who grovels.

Verb

groveling

  1. (US) present participle and gerund of grovel
    • 1697, John Dryden, Georgics, translation of original by Virgil, Book III, lines 13–14:
      New ways I must attempt, my groveling name
      To raise aloft, and wing my flight to fame.

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