13
abject(adjective, hard, miserable, coarse, humble)
11
cowering(verb, adjective, humble, flattering, deferential)
10
servile(adjective, hard, miserable, humble, wretched)
9
fawning(noun, verb, adjective, miserable, wretched)
8
docile(adjective, servile, cringing)
7
cringing(verb, adjective, humble, compliant, submissive)
6
grovelling(verb, adjective)
6
crawling(noun, verb, adjective, humble, flattering)
5
kowtowing(verb, adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential)
5
crouching(verb, servility)
5
obsequious(adjective, hard, submissive, servility, flattering)
5
slavish(adjective, hard, humble, submissive, servility)
5
submissive(adjective, hard, miserable, humble, wretched)
5
wormlike
4
bootlicking(noun, adjective, humble, submissive, flattering)
4
mean(servility, improbity, cringing)
4
deferential(adjective, humble, compliant, flattering, sycophantic)
4
flattering(adjective, compliant, deferential, sycophantic, toadying)
4
ingratiating(adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic)
4
low
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