4
prostrate(adjective, humble, compliant, servility, flattering)
4
subservient(adjective, hard, humble, submissive, flattering)
4
truckling
4
wallowing(verb, cringing)
4
wormy
3
beggarly
3
grovel
3
mealy-mouthed(adjective, humble, servility, flattering, deferential)
3
sniveling(adjective, humble, compliant, servility, flattering)
3
sycophantic(adjective, humble, compliant, submissive, servility)
3
toadying(noun, submissive, meanness, flattering, subservient)
2
abased
2
acquiescent(adjective, servile)
2
base(servility, cringing)
2
complaisant(adjective, servile)
2
contemptible(adjective, improbity)
2
creeping(obsequiousness, dragging, crawling)
2
dirty(adjective, improbity)
2
menial(adjective, hard, flattering, sycophantic, servile)
2
obedient(adjective, servile)
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