14
toadying(noun, adjective, mean, submissive, subservient)
13
cringing(noun, adjective, mean, submissive, subservient)
9
abject(adjective, mean, boring, tedious, submissive)
9
servile(adjective, boring, tedious, submissive, dishonorable)
8
fawning(noun, adjective, mean, boring, tedious)
8
obsequious(adjective, mean, boring, tedious, submissive)
7
brown-nosing(noun, adjective)
7
submissive(adjective, subservient, sycophantic)
6
base(adjective, mean, low, vulgar, boring)
6
low(adjective, mean, boring, tedious, submissive)
6
slavish(adjective, mean, boring, tedious, submissive)
6
subservient(adjective, boring, tedious, submissive, unskilled)
5
apple-polishing(noun, adjective)
5
ass-kissing(noun, adjective)
5
boot-licking(noun, adjective)
5
groveling
5
mean(adjective, boring, tedious, submissive, lowly)
5
menial(adjective, boring, tedious, dishonorable, lowly)
5
sycophantic(adjective, mean, boring, tedious, submissive)
5
truckling(noun, adjective)
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