6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: grovelling See {grovel} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: grovel v : show submission or fear [syn: {fawn}, {crawl}, {creep}, {cringe}, {cower}] [also: {grovelling}, {grovelled}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: grovelling adj : totally submissive [syn: {cringing}, {groveling}, {wormlike}, {wormy}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 22 Moby Thesaurus words for "grovelling": abject, apple-polishing, ass-kissing, base, brown-nosing, cowering, crawling, cringing, fawning, kowtowing, low, mean, obsequious, scraping, servile, slavish, sordid, submissive, subservient, sycophantish, toadying, truckling
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