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Adjective: grovelling  gró-vu-ling
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=groveling)
  1. Totally submissive
    - cringing, groveling [US], wormlike, wormy
Verb: grovel (grovelled,grovelling, or [US] groveled,groveling)  gró-vul
  1. Show submission or fear
    "Artists are expected to grovel, aren't they?"
    - fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower

See also: groveler [US], submissive

Type of: bend, flex

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