3
enslaved
3
kowtowing(verb, adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential)
3
prostrate(adjective, humble, compliant, servility, flattering)
3
servility(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
3
sycophancy
2
acquiescence(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
2
acquiescent(adjective, inferior, compliant, submissive, obedient)
2
bootlicking(noun, adjective, mean, inferior, humble)
2
bowing(noun, verb, adjective, surrender, humble)
2
craven(adjective, mean, submissive, subservient, sycophantic)
2
ignoble(mean, inferior, compliant, submissive, obedient)
2
obeisant(mean, inferior, compliant, submissive, obedient)
2
parasitic(adjective, humble, compliant, flattering, deferential)
2
prostration(noun, surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
2
shrinking
2
smarmy(adjective, flattering, sycophantic, toadying, servile)
2
sneaking
2
sycophantish
2
unctuous(adjective, mean, submissive, flattering, subservient)
1
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