'Groveling' definitions:
Definition of 'groveling'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Definition of 'Groveling'
From: GCIDE
- Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groveledor 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; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[=u]fa, in [=a] gr[=u]fu on the face, prone, gr[=u]fa to grovel.]
- 1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie flat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. [1913 Webster]
- To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'groveling'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'groveling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abject,
- accumbent,
- apple-polishing,
- ass-kissing,
- backscratching,
- beggarly,
- bootlicking,
- brown-nosing,
- couchant,
- couche,
- cowering,
- crawling,
- cringing,
- crouching,
- decumbent,
- draped,
- fawnery,
- fawning,
- flat,
- flattering,
- flunkyism,
- footlicking,
- handshaking,
- hangdog,
- ingratiating,
- ingratiation,
- insinuation,
- kowtowing,
- lolling,
- lounging,
- lying,
- mealymouthed,
- mealymouthedness,
- obeisance,
- obeisant,
- obsequious,
- obsequiousness,
- on bended knee,
- parasitic,
- parasitism,
- procumbent,
- prone,
- prostrate,
- prostration,
- reclining,
- recumbent,
- reposing,
- resupine,
- sniveling,
- sponging,
- sprawled,
- sprawling,
- spread,
- supine,
- sycophancy,
- sycophantic,
- timeserving,
- toadeating,
- toadying,
- toadyish,
- toadyism,
- truckling,
- tufthunting