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groveling::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cringing, grovelling, wormlike, wormy |
Examples of groveling
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If you, or someone in your campaign does, groveling works better than quibbling.
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She needs treatment from a qualified therapist, not groveling from her daughter.
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Her groveling campaign, which a friend says she extended to his family, paid off.
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Steele quickly issued a groveling apology, but he had made an important point.
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A woman holding what looks like a dog leash attached to a groveling prisoner.
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There's a lot of groveling to do for what America accomplished in the Pacific, too.
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Except it was in a way that involved immediate groveling and a big mea culpa.
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Groveling in fear of a recession, Americans also overthrew their free-market ideals.
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Even if it was done tongue-in-check, it comes across as shameless groveling.
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- Fawn: show submission or fear
- (grovelling) cringing: totally submissive
- To be prone on the ground; To crawl; To abase oneself before another person; To be nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something; To take pleasure in mundane activities
- To climb with obviously poor style or technique. A climbing route judged to be without redeeming virtue.
- To be humiliated by a route; to show bad climbing form.
- A bit involving groveling before royalty. In it s simplest form one simply prostrates oneself on the ground, but creative grovels can be Baroque in their elaboration.
- A hill you end up in your lowest gear for. "That hill was a real grovel." Also used on the flat when you have blown your ring.
