servile in English

adjective
1
having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.
bowing his head in a servile manner
2
of or characteristic of a slave or slaves.
Even after having spent so many years in the servile conditions of the workhouse, and then the brothel, I still had the urge to say my piece, but I'd learnt that sometimes it was wiser not to.

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1. 6 He was subservient and servile.

2. 16 Brown's attempt at servile insurrection.

3. 20 Antigone challenges his servile happiness.

4. To behave in a servile way ; fawn .

5. 2 He was subservient and servile.

6. 19 He spoke in a servile tone.

7. 15 To behave in a servile way ; fawn .

8. 17 Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning .

9. The servile bowings and Cringings of courtiers

10. Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning .

11. 3 I don't like his servile manner.

12. 1 He is servile to his boss.

13. 7 Away with slavish weeds and servile thoughts!

14. 6 And there was nothing servile about them.

15. An earthy , uncouth, servile peasant creature old Katy was.

16. A good servant should be Complaisant but not servile: 7

17. 9 synonyms for Adulatory: fawning, worshipping, flattering, sycophantic, servile, slavish

18. 25 An earthy , uncouth, servile peasant creature old Katy was.

19. 18 A good servant should be complaisant but not servile.

20. A good servant should be complaisant but not servile.

21. 8 He was young and hard-working, though annoyingly servile.

22. 4 An honest judge cannot be servile to public opinion.

23. " between arrogant overestimation of ourselves and a servile underestimation of ourselves. "

24. Assentation definition: servile or hypocritical agreement Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

25. 22 An honest judge cannot be servile to public opinion.

26. 22 They said she had a servile attitude to her employer.

27. 12 The cruel king and his servile courtiers entered the room.

28. 13 The driver asked in a servile tone for more instructions.

29. Adjective fawning, worshipping, flattering, sycophantic, servile, slavish, obsequious, bootlicking (informal), blandishing Adulatory reviews

30. 9 The girl was definitely not servile in her speech or appearance.

31. 5 Parents have no right to demand servile obedience from their children.

32. As a waiter you want to be pleasant to people without appearing totally servile.

33. Apelike definition: being or given to servile imitation synonyms: apish, imitative antonyms: nonimitative, nonhuman, sincere

34. Being or given to servile imitation Familiarity information: Apelike used as an adjective is rare.

35. 14 They are outdated,[www.Sentencedict.com] servile images that have survived somehow in a changing world.

36. 26 As a waiter you want to be pleasant to people without appearing totally servile.

37. 29 They lead a double life, on the surface passive, even servile, but inside they suffer.

38. Synonyms for Cringing include servile, crouching, cowardly, obsequious, submissive, fawning, grovelling, sycophantic, subservient and groveling

39. 15 synonyms for Adulation: extravagant flattery, worship, fawning, sycophancy, fulsome praise, blandishment, bootlicking, servile flattery, blandishment

40. 30 On the first day shall be an holy convocation : ye shall do no servile work therein.

41. 19 On the first day shall be an holy convocation : ye shall do no servile work therein.

42. 28 As it was, it was impossible for even the most servile and well-meaning to avoid offence.

43. Involuntary, or servile, concubinage sometimes involves sexual slavery of one member of the relationship, typically the woman.

44. Apish: 1 adj being or given to servile imitation Synonyms: apelike imitative marked by or given to imitation

45. Adulation - servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise flattery - excessive or insincere praise Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection

46. 24 Only a person of non-servile status might be ordained a clerk or become a monk or nun.

47. 24 Involuntary, or servile, concubinage sometimes involves sexual slavery of one member of the relationship, typically the woman.

48. This cowardly and servile Nizan-Pluvinage was ready to lick the dust to deceive the intended victims of his spying.

49. They were obsequious and servile and did not presume to talk to their masters as if they were their equals.

50. 27 It is logical that they revealed an intimate but not servile attachment to the achievements of past master sculptors.