Grovel
71kowtow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. salaam, bow down, genuflect; fawn, cringe. See obedience, respect, servility. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. bow, kneel, stoop, genuflect, bow and scrape, kiss feet, *kiss up, *brownnose, toady,… …
72toady — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fawner, sycophant, truckler, bootlicker (inf.). See servility, flattery. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. parasite, flatterer, fawner; see sycophant . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. sycophant, flatterer,… …
73wallow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. tumble, grovel, roll, flounder, welter, toss; revel, delight in, luxuriate in. See lowness, pleasure, intemperance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. grovel, welter, flounder, lie in, move around in, roll… …
74Slowness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Slowness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 slowness slowness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 languor languor &c.(inactivity) 683 Sgm: N 1 drawl drawl Sgm: N 1 creeping creeping &c. >V. lentor …
75wallow — wallow, welter, grovel can imply heavy clumsy movement and, when the reference is to man, a debased, pitiable, or ignoble condition. Wallow basically implies a lurching or rolling to and fro (as of a pig in the mire or a ship in the trough of a… …
76crawl — [v1] move very slowly clamber, creep, drag, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, grovel, hang back, inch, lag, loiter along, lollygag*, move at snail’s pace*, move on hands and knees, plod, poke, pull oneself along, scrabble, slide,… …
77meug-2, meuk- — meug 2, meuk English meaning: to slide, slip Deutsche Übersetzung: A. ‘schlũpfen, schlũpfrig”, out of it ‘schleimig, Schleim”; andererseits B. “darũber streichen, gleiten, entgleiten” Note: also with anlaut. s Material: A.… …
78rēp-1 (rep-?) — rēp 1 (rep ?) English meaning: to crawl, sneak Deutsche Übersetzung: “kriechen, schleichen” Material: Lat. rēpō, ere “ grovel, truckle, creep, slink”; O.H.G. rebo, reba, repa, M.H.G. rebe ‘schlingschößling”; ablaut. M.L.G. wīn… …
79(s)leidh- — (s)leidh English meaning: slippery, to slide Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlũpfrig, gleiten” Note: extension from lei 3, slei above S. 662 f. Material: O.Ind. srédhati “gleitet ab, geht fehl, errs “; Gk. ὀλισθάνω, Aor. ὤλισθον… …
80apple polisher — noun someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self respect • Syn: ↑bootlicker, ↑fawner, ↑groveller, ↑groveler, ↑truckler • Derivationally related forms: ↑truckle (for …
