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58 entries under submissive topic. ×
| complacent(adjective, courtesy, contented, groveling) | |
| craven(adjective, mean, subservient, sycophantic) | |
| subordinate(adjective, groveling) | |
| brownnosing(adjective, flattering, sycophantic, toadying) | |
| ignoble(mean, low, inferior, boring, tedious) | |
| parasitical(adjective, servility, groveling) | |
| resigned(inferior, meek, compliant, passive) | |
| sneaking(adjective, servility, groveling) | |
| unresisting(mean, meek, compliant, obedient) | |
| compliable(adjective, groveling) | |
| dancing(inferior, compliant, obedient, deferential) | |
| despicable(mean, subservient, sycophantic, grovelling) | |
| eating crow(expression, mean, subservient, sycophantic) | |
| eating humble pie(expression, idiom, mean, subservient) | |
| extremely compliant(expression, inferior, compliant, obedient) | |
| inferior(gentle, low, compliant, obedient) | |
| slave to(expression, inferior, compliant, obedient) | |
| stipendiary(adjective, groveling) |
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