'Slavish' definitions:
Definition of 'slavish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original"
adjective
Abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes- man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient" [syn: slavish, subservient, submissive]
Definition of 'Slavish'
From: GCIDE
- Slavish \Slav"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- {Slav"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Slav"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slavish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abused,
- apish,
- base,
- browbeaten,
- difficult,
- downtrod,
- downtrodden,
- emulative,
- formidable,
- ground down,
- heavy,
- henpecked,
- imitative,
- in leading strings,
- knotty,
- laborious,
- mean,
- menial,
- miserable,
- misused,
- obeisant,
- obsequious,
- operose,
- oppressed,
- ordered around,
- overborne,
- regimented,
- rough,
- rugged,
- servile,
- spineless,
- strenuous,
- subdued,
- submissive,
- subservient,
- tame,
- trampled,
- tyrannized,
- uninspired,
- unmanned,
- unoriginal,
- wretched