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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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But showing up doesn’t necessarily have to mean bowing down.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

The world's most decorated gymnast had a big smile on her face when bowing down to Andrade.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 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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