All curtsey synonyms
curt·sey
C c verb curtsey
- bow — When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.
- stoop — to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
- genuflect — to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
- kowtow — to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
noun curtsey
- obeisance — a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture.
- bob — If something bobs, it moves up and down, like something does when it is floating on water.
- dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- gesture — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- bending — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.