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ALL meanings of servile

ser·vile
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  • adjective servile slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers. 1
  • adjective servile characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience. 1
  • adjective servile yielding slavishly; truckling (usually followed by to). 1
  • adjective servile extremely imitative, especially in the arts; lacking in originality. 1
  • adjective servile being in slavery; oppressed. 1
  • adjective servile of, relating to, or involving slaves or servants. 1
  • adjective servile of or relating to a condition of servitude or property ownership in which a person is held as a slave or as partially enslaved: medieval rebellions against servile laws. 1
  • adjective servile obsequious, submissive 1
  • adjective servile If you say that someone is servile, you disapprove of them because they are too eager to obey someone or do things for them. 0
  • adjective servile obsequious or fawning in attitude or behaviour; submissive 0
  • adjective servile of or suitable for a slave 0
  • adjective servile existing in or relating to a state of slavery 0
  • adjective servile submitting or obedient 0
  • adjective servile of a slave or slaves 0
  • adjective servile like that of slaves or servants 0
  • adjective servile like or characteristic of a slave; humbly yielding or submissive; cringing; abject 0
  • adjective servile held in slavery; not free 0
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