groveling

comparative more groveling · superlative most groveling · alternative UK grovelling

1. Showing excessive, servile respect or submission, often to gain favor or forgiveness.
2. Of an animal, having the belly or face towards or on the ground.

plural grovelings · alternative UK grovelling

1. The act or practice of one who grovels.

alternative UK grovelling

1. USgerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of grovel

   New ways I must attempt, my groveling name To raise aloft, and wing my flight to fame.

   1697, John Dryden, Georgics, translation of original by Virgil, Book III, lines 13–14