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abject(hard, miserable, coarse, humble)
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cowering(verb, humble, flattering, deferential)
10
servile(hard, miserable, humble, wretched)
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fawning(noun, verb, miserable, wretched)
8
docile(servile, cringing)
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cringing(verb, humble, compliant, submissive)
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grovelling
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crawling(noun, verb, humble, flattering)
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kowtowing(verb, compliant, flattering, deferential)
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obsequious(hard, submissive, servility, flattering)
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slavish(hard, humble, submissive, servility)
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submissive(hard, miserable, humble, wretched)
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wormlike
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bootlicking(noun, humble, submissive, flattering)
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deferential(humble, compliant, flattering, sycophantic)
4
flattering(compliant, deferential, sycophantic, toadying)
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ingratiating(compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic)
4
prostrate(humble, compliant, servility, flattering)
4
subservient(hard, humble, submissive, flattering)
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wormy
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