27
stoop(noun, verb, settle, yield, slip)
19
squat(verb, lower, depression, bend, high)
18
bow(verb, yield, twist, depression, submit)
18
bend(noun, verb, meet, turn, twist)
15
cower(verb, start, worry, yield, avoid)
13
duck(verb, start, depression, bend, bow)
13
fawn(verb, hide, flatter, recoil, serve)
12
hunker down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, bend, stoop)
11
huddle(noun, verb, meet, bend, high)
10
grovel(verb, yield, hide, submit, bend)
10
hunch(noun, verb, bend, high, slump)
9
cringe(verb, start, yield, hide, submit)
9
flinch(verb, start, worry, avoid, hide)
9
shrink(verb, start, worry, avoid, hide)
8
bootlick(verb, hide, recoil, court, beg)
8
crawl(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
8
hunker(noun, verb, high, stoop, squat)
8
scrunch(noun, verb)
6
kneel(verb, yield, depression, submit, bend)
6
skulk(verb, slip, hide, fear, recoil)
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