Definition of Groveling

1. Adjective. Totally submissive.

Exact synonyms: Cringing, Grovelling, Wormlike, Wormy
Similar to: Submissive

Definition of Groveling

1. a. Lying prone; low; debased.

Definition of Groveling

1. Verb. (American English) (present participle of grovel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Groveling

1. grovel [v] - See also: grovel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Groveling

groutiest
grouting
groutings
groutite
groutlike
grouts
grouty
grove
grove snail
groved
grovel
groveled
groveler
grovelers
groveless
groveling (current term)
grovelingly
grovelled
groveller
grovellers
grovelling
grovels
groves
grovet
grovets
grovy
grow
grow-op
grow-ops
grow a pair

Literary usage of Groveling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect by Hezekiah Niles (1822)
"In support of such a cause, directed by such я leader, who would think his life too dear a suer ce?—let the mean, base, groveling soul, that wishes for ..."

2. Records of a Girlhood by Fanny Kemble (1879)
"... a nature be at once groveling and majestic. Besides, Shakespeare has not made Shylock '' poetical.'' The concentrated venom of his passion is prosaic in ..."

3. Eminent British Lawyers by Henry Roscoe (1830)
"... a name debased by the most mean and groveling ambition, by thorough want of principle, and by the profligate abandonment of high and honourable feeling. ..."

4. A Hebrew Anthology: A Collection of Poems and Dramas Inspired by the Old by George Alexander Kohut (1913)
"... As though by viewless lightnings struck to earth, Lie groveling on the pavement, and they clench Their vacant hands in horror. ..."

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