8
fawning(verb, adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential)
7
groveling(verb, adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential)
6
bowing(noun, verb, adjective, greeting, flattering)
6
flattering(verb, adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential)
5
deferential(adjective, compliant, flattering, sycophantic, toadying)
5
submissive(adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic)
5
toadying(noun, adjective, pleasure, attention, kindness)
4
cajoling(verb, adjective, flattering)
4
curtsying(noun, verb, adjective, greeting, servile)
4
genuflecting(verb, adjective, servile, complying)
4
grovelling(verb, adjective)
4
obsequious(adjective, submissive, flattering, sycophantic, toadying)
4
servile(adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic)
4
slavish(adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic)
4
subservient(adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic)
4
truckling
4
yielding(verb, adjective, servile, complying)
3
accepting(verb, complying)
3
adulating(verb, adjective, flattering)
3
cringing(verb, adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential)
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