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grovelling

ADJECTIVE
base
Synonyms
STRONGEST
paltry
STRONG
common corrupt depraved foul humble mean menial offensive plebeian poor shoddy
WEAK
abject abominable cheap coarse contemptible despicable disgraceful dishonorable disreputable ignoble immoral indelicate loathsome lowly pitiful scandalous servile shameful sleazy sordid sorry squalid trashy ugly unworthy vile worthless wretched
Antonyms
STRONG
aristocratic clean good high honest honorable just kind moral nice noble pleasing pure rich superior uncorrupt upright wealthy
ADJECTIVE
menial
Synonyms
STRONG
base boring common humdrum low mean routine
WEAK
abject baseborn degrading demeaning dull fawning humble ignoble ignominious obeisant obsequious servile slavish sorry subservient sycophantic unskilled vile
Antonyms
STRONG
exciting high honest moral noble unusual
WEAK
elevated skilled superior talented

Example Sentences

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When she was called by a grovelling Liam Gallagher apologising, Lynne Brine wondered what on earth was going on.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

"Trying to run around with your hand outstretched, grovelling, begging for money, is pointless," Putin said in a televised address to Russia's political, military and business elite.

From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2023

But its immediate collapse ended hopes of those new sources of income and forced the Glazers and FSG to make grovelling apologies to fans.

From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2022

And there is Orson Welles as Falstaff, and Falstaff is grovelling for Henry V. He’s banished.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2019

They fell forward, grovelling heedlessly on the cold earth.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien