Slavishness
41servility — n 1. slavishness, servileness, obsequiousness, obsequence, subservience, Obs. vernility; submis siveness, docility, unassertiveness, compliance, acquiescence, deference, obeisance, abjection, abjectness, self abasement; groveling, crawling,… …
42subordination — n 1. inferiority, lesser standing, inferior status, secondary position, second fiddle; lowliness, subservience, subserviency. 2. servility, slavishness, submissiveness, docility, unassertiveness; obsequiousness, abjection, obeisance, prostration; …
43sycophancy — n 1. flattery, fawning, truckling, wheedling, toadeating, toadyism, tufthunting, sycophantism, lip homage, mouth honor, unc tuousness, Inf. soft soap, Sl. bootlicking, Sl. footlick ing, kowtow, Sl. apple polishing, Sl. brown nosing, Rare.… …
44toadyism — n 1. sycophancy, sycophantism, flattery, fawning, truckling, wheedling, toadeating, tuft hunting, lip homage, mouth honor, unctuousness, Inf. soft soap, Inf. bootlicking, Inf. apple polishing, Sl. brown nosing, Rare. blandiloquence, Obs., Rare.… …
45slavish — UK [ˈsleɪvɪʃ] / US adjective always doing or following what other people say or do without thinking very much for yourself She shows a slavish devotion to her job. It was a slavish imitation of his professor s work. Derived words: slavishly… …
46slavish — /ˈsleɪvɪʃ/ (say slayvish) adjective 1. of or befitting a slave: slavish submission. 2. being or resembling a slave; abjectly submissive. 3. base; mean; ignoble: slavish fears. 4. painstakingly faithful, as a copy; lacking originality: a slavish… …
47slavish — [slā′vish] adj. 1. of or characteristic of a slave or slaves; specif., a) hopelessly submissive; servile b) Now Rare involving drudgery; laborious 2. blindly dependent or imitative [slavish adherence to a model] slavishly adv. slavishness n …
48slavish — adj. 1 of, like, or as of slaves. 2 showing no attempt at originality or development. 3 abject, servile, base. Derivatives: slavishly adv. slavishness n …
