groveling 音标拼音: [gr'ɔvəlɪŋ] [gr'ɔvlɪŋ]
a . 匍匐的;卑躬折节的
匍匐的;卑躬折节的
groveling adj 1 :
totally submissive [
synonym : {
cringing }, {
groveling },
{
grovelling }, {
wormlike }, {
wormy }]
Grovel \
Grov "
el \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Groveled }
or {
Grovelled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Groveling }
or {
Grovelling }.] [
From OE .
grovelinge ,
grufelinge ,
adv .,
on the face ,
prone ,
which was misunderstood as a p .
pr .;
cf .
OE .
gruf ,
groff ,
in the same sense ;
of Scand .
origin ,
cf .
Icel .
gr [=
u ]
fa ,
in [=
a ]
gr [=
u ]
fu on the face ,
prone ,
gr [=
u ]
fa to grovel .]
1 .
To creep on the earth ,
or with the face to the ground ;
to lie prone ,
or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth ;
to lie flat on one '
s belly ,
expressive of abjectness ;
to crawl .
[
1913 Webster ]
To creep and grovel on the ground . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To tend toward ,
or delight in ,
what is sensual or base ;
to be low ,
abject ,
or mean .
[
1913 Webster ]
groveling \
grov "
el *
ing \,
grovelling \
grov "
el *
ling \,
a .
Lying prone ;
low ;
debased ;
submissive in a self -
abasing manner . "
A groveling creature ." --
Cowper .
Syn :
cringing ,
wormlike ,
wormy .
[
1913 Webster WordNet 1 .
5 ]
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "
groveling ":
abject ,
accumbent ,
apple -
polishing ,
ass -
kissing ,
backscratching ,
beggarly ,
bootlicking ,
brown -
nosing ,
couchant ,
couche ,
cowering ,
crawling ,
cringing ,
crouching ,
decumbent ,
draped ,
fawnery ,
fawning ,
flat ,
flattering ,
flunkyism ,
footlicking ,
handshaking ,
hangdog ,
ingratiating ,
ingratiation ,
insinuation ,
kowtowing ,
lolling ,
lounging ,
lying ,
mealymouthed ,
mealymouthedness ,
obeisance ,
obeisant ,
obsequious ,
obsequiousness ,
on bended knee ,
parasitic ,
parasitism ,
procumbent ,
prone ,
prostrate ,
prostration ,
reclining ,
recumbent ,
reposing ,
resupine ,
sniveling ,
sponging ,
sprawled ,
sprawling ,
spread ,
supine ,
sycophancy ,
sycophantic ,
timeserving ,
toadeating ,
toadying ,
toadyish ,
toadyism ,
truckling ,
tufthunting
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