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76 entries under adjective topic. ×
| timid(weak, nervous, shy, fearful) | |
| cowardly(weak, nervous, shy, fearful) | |
| subservient(humble, compliant, submissive, docile) | |
| cringing(verb, inferior, humble, compliant) | |
| fawning(verb, inferior, compliant, submissive) | |
| groveling(verb, humble, flattering, deferential) | |
| grovelling | |
| mousy(weak, nervous, shy, meek) | |
| obsequious(inferior, compliant, submissive, docile) | |
| toadying(noun, flattering, sycophantic, praising) | |
| abject(inferior, humble, compliant, submissive) | |
| crawling(verb, humble, flattering, deferential) | |
| faltering(verb, flinching) | |
| fearful(weak, nervous, shy, spineless) | |
| bootlicking(noun, inferior, humble, compliant) | |
| coward(characteristic, quality, worry, dread) | |
| truckling | |
| kowtowing(verb, flattering, sycophantic, praising) | |
| base(weak, spineless, gutless) | |
| bowing(verb, humble, flattering, deferential) |
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