servile (a)

a00790086

type a
lex_filenum 00
def submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
examples spoke in a servile tone
the incurably servile housekeeper
servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work
Outgoing links
Derivationally related form servile → servility
Antonym servile → unservile
Similar to bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish; obsequious; slavish, subservient, submissive; slavelike
Incoming links
Similar to bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish; obsequious; slavish, subservient, submissive; slavelike
Antonym unservile → servile
Derived from adjective servilely → servile
Derivationally related form servility → servile

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