All grovel synonyms
grovΒ·el
G g verb grovel
- abase β to humble or belittle (oneself, etc)
- fawn β a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- beseech β If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
- kowtow β to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
- pamper β to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
- flatter β to make flat.
- creep β When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
- humor β hacker humour
- stoop β to bend the head and shoulders, or the body generally, forward and downward from an erect position: to stoop over a desk.
- implore β to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- blandish β to seek to persuade or influence by mild flattery; coax
- kneel β to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
- wheedle β to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
- crouch β If you are crouching, your legs are bent under you so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly.
- snivel β to weep or cry with sniffling.
- court β A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.
- crawl β When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
- truckle β to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
- cower β If you cower, you bend forward and downwards because you are very frightened.
- beg β If you beg someone to do something, you ask them very anxiously or eagerly to do it.
- bootlick β to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
- prostrate β to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- cringe β If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
- revere β to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.
- soft-soap β Informal. to cajole; flatter.
- brown-nose β to curry favor; behave obsequiously.
- plead β to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
- humour β hacker humour
- apple-polish β to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
- bow and scrape β to behave in an excessively deferential or obsequious way
- butter up β If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them.
- yes β (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement): Do you want that? Yes, I do.
- eat crow β any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- eat dirt β any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- eat humble pie β humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- make much of β great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- make up to β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- play up to β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- suck up to β to flatter for one's own profit; toady
noun grovel
- welter β to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.