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cowering(adjective, humble, flattering, deferential)
9
fawning(noun, adjective, miserable, wretched)
7
cringing(adjective, humble, compliant, submissive)
6
grovelling
6
crawling(noun, adjective, humble, flattering)
5
kowtowing(adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential)
5
crouching
4
wallowing
3
grovel
1
creep
1
derogating
1
flinching
1
quailing(adjective, dragging, crawling)
0
apologizing
0
beneath one(phrasal verb, improbity)
0
flexing
0
funking
0
groping
0
huddling
0
mousing
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