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servile = slavish = subservient ~ cringing : fawning = obsequious = toady =
sycophantic > sycophancy
• (servile)- slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning,( ,
, , ); "We do not transfer persons
from a free condition into a servile--we have so much at heart to raise slaves
to liberty." — Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine;
• (slavish)- being or resembling a slave; abjectly submissive, (
, ); But the flip side of trusting obedience
is slavish gullibility. — The God Delusion;
• (subservient)- serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate,
( , , ); This urge to be subservient is the
driving force in our polity and it has been for centuries. — Freeborn John;
• (cringing)- to shrink, bend, or crouch, esp. in fear or servility; cower, (
); He did not go in a cringing, apologetic
spirit, but as one unafraid, as one who is justified within himself and fears
not the report of evil. — From the Housetops;
• to fawn, ( - , );
• (fawning)- to seek notice or favor by servile demeanor, (
); Cringing
and fawning, the outlaw heard what he was required to do. — The Strange
Adventures of Mr. Middleton;
• a young deer;
• a light yellowish-brown color;
• (obsequious)- characterized by or showing servile complaisance or
deference; fawning, ( , , ); Despite
her desire to be famous - or at least be near famous people - Griffin is not
obsequious, at least in her stand-up specials;
• (obsequy) – funeral ceremony; When they had performed the funeral
obsequies, Al-Hasan arraigned the assassin before him;
• (toady)- an obsequious flatterer; sycophant, ( , );She
had become a self-acknowledged toady, a spineless sycophant, and for what?
— The Fighting Shepherdess;
• (sycophantic)- a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite, (
, ); Her
manner towards her benefactor was charming in its quiet grace, deferential
without being sycophantic;