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grovelling(noun, adjective, mean, submissive)
10
fawning(noun, adjective, mean, inferior)
10
groveling(adjective, humble, compliant, submissive)
8
crawling(adjective, humble, flattering, deferential)
6
crouching(adjective, servility, flattering, sycophantic)
5
cowering(adjective, inferior, humble, compliant)
3
cringe
3
kowtowing(adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential)
2
bowing(noun, adjective, surrender, humble)
1
blenching
1
bounding
1
cower
1
fall back(expression, phrasal verb)
1
flinch
1
flinching
0
back away(expression, phrasal verb)
0
begging
0
condense
0
crawl
0
creep
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