servility
Roget category 886
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.5. Extrinsic affections
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Servility
noun
servility —
slavery
etc.
(subjection)
749 —
obsequiousness
etc.
adj. —
subserviency —
abasement —
prostration,
prosternation† —
genuflection
etc.
(worship)
990 —
fawning
etc.
v. —
tuft-hunting,
timeserving†,
flunkeyism† —
sycophancy
etc.
(flattery)
933 —
humility
etc.
879.
sycophant,
parasite —
toad,
toady,
toad-eater —
tufthunter† —
snob,
flunky,
flunkey,
yes-man,
lapdog,
spaniel,
lickspittle,
smell-feast,
Graeculus esuriens [Lat.],
hanger on,
cavaliere servente [It],
led captain,
carpet knight —
timeserver,
fortune hunter,
Vicar of Bray,
Sir-Pertinax,
Max Sycophant,
pickthank† —
flatterer
etc.
935 —
doer of dirty work —
ame damnee [Fr.],
tool —
reptile —
slave
etc.
(servant)
746 —
courtier —
beat [Slang],
dead beat [Slang],
doughface [U.S.],
heeler [U.S.],
homme de cour [Fr.],
sponger,
sucker [Slang],
tagtail†,
truckler.
verb
cringe,
bow,
stoop,
kneel,
bend the knee —
fall on one's knees,
prostrate oneself —
worship
etc.
990.
sneak,
crawl,
crouch,
cower,
sponge,
truckle to,
grovel,
fawn,
lick the feet of,
kiss the hem of one's garment,
kiss one's ass [Vulg.],
suck up.
pay court to —
feed on,
fatten on,
dance attendance on,
pin oneself upon,
hang on the sleeve of,
avaler les couleuvres [Fr.],
keep time to,
fetch and carry,
do the dirty work of.
go with the stream,
worship the rising sun,
hold with the hare and run with the hounds.
adjective
servile,
obsequious —
supple,
supple as a glove —
soapy,
oily,
pliant,
cringing,
abased,
dough-faced,
fawning,
slavish,
groveling,
sniveling,
mealy-mouthed —
beggarly,
sycophantic,
parasitical —
abject,
prostrate,
down on ones marrowbones —
base,
mean,
sneaking —
crouching
etc.
v..
adverb
hat in hand,
cap in hand.
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