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1 grovelling
rampant, servile;∎ a grovelling letter une lettre obséquieuse;∎ a grovelling apology de viles excuses fpl2 noun(UNCOUNT) flagornerie f -
2 grovelling
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3 grovelling
groveling US ['grɒvlɪŋ] adjective obséquieux/-ieuse -
4 crawling
crawling ['krɔ:lɪŋ]∎ she's reached the crawling stage (baby) elle commence à marcher à quatre pattes;∎ figurative compared with the Japanese, we're still at the crawling stage comparés aux Japonais, nous en sommes encore aux balbutiements∎ the kitchen was absolutely crawling la cuisine était d'une saleté repoussante2 noun∎ if there's one thing I hate, it's crawling to the teacher s'il y a bien quelque chose que je déteste, c'est qu'on lèche les bottes du prof;∎ that's just crawling c'est du lèche-botte►► Stock Exchange crawling peg parité f rampante -
5 grovel
grovel ['grɒvəl] ( British pt & pp grovelled, cont grovelling, American pt & pp groveled, cont groveling)(a) (act humbly) ramper, s'aplatir;∎ to grovel to sb (for sth) s'aplatir devant qn (pour obtenir qch);∎ to grovel before sb ramper devant qn(b) (crawl on floor) se vautrer par terre;∎ stop grovelling around on the floor arrête de te traîner par terre -
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7 wormy
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8 abjectness
abjectness [ˈæbdʒektnɪs]a. ( = wretchedness) [of conditions] misère f ; [of position] caractère m abject or lamentable, infamie f• we were shocked at the abjectness of their performance nous avons été choqués par leur prestation lamentableb. ( = grovelling quality) the abjectness of his apology la servilité de ses excuses -
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10 sook
sook [sʊk]
См. также в других словарях:
Grovelling — Grovel Grov el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Groveled}or {Grovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Groveling} or {Grovelling}.] [From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grovelling — groveling grov el*ing, grovelling grov el*ling, a. Lying prone; low; debased; submissive in a self abasing manner. A groveling creature. Cowper. Syn: cringing, wormlike, wormy. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grovelling — Synonyms and related words: abject, apple polishing, ass kissing, base, brown nosing, cowering, crawling, cringing, fawning, kowtowing, low, mean, obsequious, scraping, servile, slavish, sordid, submissive, subservient, sycophantish, toadying,… … Moby Thesaurus
grovelling — grov·el·ling || grÊŒvlɪŋ ,grÉ‘v / grÉ’v adj. base, abject, contemptible grov·el || grÉ‘vl , grÊŒvl / grÉ’vl v. crawl; beg; be servile; prostrate oneself; humiliate oneself … English contemporary dictionary
grovelling — a. 1. Creeping, crouching, squat. 2. Low, mean, base, vile, abject, servile, slavish, cringing, fawning, beggarly, sneaking, earth born, undignified, unworthy, without elevation … New dictionary of synonyms
grovelling — See: grovel … English dictionary
grovelling — adjective totally submissive • Syn: ↑cringing, ↑groveling, ↑wormlike, ↑wormy • Similar to: ↑submissive … Useful english dictionary
grovel — grov|el [ˈgrɔvəl US ˈgra: , ˈgrʌ ] v past tense and past participle grovelled present participle grovelling BrE past tense and past participle groveled present participle groveling AmE [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: groveling lying face downward (16… … Dictionary of contemporary English
grovel — verb (grovels, grovelling, grovelled; US grovels, groveling, groveled) 1》 crouch or crawl abjectly on the ground. 2》 act obsequiously to obtain forgiveness or favour. Derivatives groveller noun grovelling … English new terms dictionary
grovel — v.intr. (grovelled, grovelling; US groveled, groveling) 1 behave obsequiously in seeking favour or forgiveness. 2 lie prone in abject humility. Derivatives: groveller n. grovelling adj. grovellingly adv. Etymology: back form. f. obs. grovelling… … Useful english dictionary
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