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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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 fiat on one's belly, expressive of
abjectness; to crawl.
To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden.
2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to
be low, abject, or mean.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Groveling \Grov"el*ing\, a.
Lying prone; low; debased. [Written also grovelling.] ``A
groveling creature.'' --Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
grovelling
See grovel
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
grovel
v : show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe,
cower]
[also: grovelling, grovelled]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
grovelling
adj : totally submissive [syn: cringing, groveling, wormlike,
wormy]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
grovelling
alt.
(lb en British) (present participle of en grovel nocat=1)
n.
The act of one who grovels.
vb.
(lb en British) (present participle of en grovel nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
grovelling
alt.
(lb en British) (present participle of en grovel nocat=1)
n.
The act of one who grovels.
vb.
(lb en British) (present participle of en grovel nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
grovelling
alt.
(lb en British) (present participle of en grovel nocat=1)
n.
The act of one who grovels.
vb.
(lb en British) (present participle of en grovel nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
grovelling
alt.
(lb en British) (present participle of en grovel nocat=1)
n.
The act of one who grovels.
vb.
(lb en British) (present participle of en grovel nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
grovelling
Englanti a.
(en-br-kirj) mielistelevä, hännystelevä, mateleva
Englanti n.
(en-br-kirj) mielistely, matelu
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm g rovel ling)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
grovelling
Engelska a.
(avledning en grovel ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb grovel)
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
grovelling /ɡɹˈɒvəlɪŋ/
ponižování
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
grovelling /ɡɹˈɒvəlɪŋ/
podlézání
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
grovelling /ɡɹˈɒvəlɪŋ/
[Br.] unterwürfig
Synonym: groveling
see: grovelling, groveling
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
grovelling /ɡɹˈɒvəlɪŋ/
[Br.] kriecherisch
Synonym: groveling
see: grovelling, groveling
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
grovelling /ɡɹˈɒvəlɪŋ/
1. porig alázkodás
2. hitvány
3. lealázkodás
4. csúszás-mászás
5. megalázkodás
6. csúszó-mászó
7. fetrengés
8. hempergés
9. talpnyaló
10. undorító
11. aljas
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "grovelling":
abject, apple-polishing, ass-kissing, base, brown-nosing, cowering,
crawling, cringing, fawning, kowtowing, low, mean, obsequious,
scraping, servile, slavish, sordid, submissive, subservient,
sycophantish, toadying, truckling
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 匍匐的;卑躬折节的
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