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72 entries under verb topic. ×
| grovelling(noun, adjective, mean, submissive) | |
| fawning(noun, adjective, mean, inferior) | |
| groveling(adjective, humble, compliant, submissive) | |
| crawling(adjective, humble, flattering, deferential) | |
| crouching(adjective, servility, flattering, sycophantic) | |
| cowering(adjective, inferior, humble, compliant) | |
| cringe | |
| kowtowing(adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential) | |
| bowing(noun, adjective, surrender, humble) | |
| blenching | |
| bounding | |
| cower | |
| fall back(expression, phrasal verb) | |
| flinch | |
| flinching | |
| back away(expression, phrasal verb) | |
| begging | |
| condense | |
| crawl | |
| creep |
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