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bowing down

ADJECTIVE

submissive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accommodating deferential dutiful meek obedient passive

WEAK

abject acquiescent amenable comformable complying docile domesticated giving-in humble ingratiating lowly malleable menial nonresistant nonresisting obeisant obeying obsequious patient pliable pliant resigned servile slavish subdued tame tractable uncomplaining unresisting yes yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disobedient immodest

WEAK

fighting intractable resistant unyielding

Example Sentences

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Whether he was celebrating a goal with his shirt off or bowing down in Sujood - the Islamic act of prostration - there are images of Salah that will never be forgotten.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

He describes the atmosphere as everyone bowing down to Spacey and that the actor was running the show.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2024

The very title of the song challenges the prospect of bowing down to authority.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

“He had everything handed to him. . . . Everything had to be about him — me, me, me, why aren’t you bowing down to me?”

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2020

If you were a bird, you could imagine bowing down to him.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

bowing down

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