servility

Roget-categorie 886

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.5. Extrinsic affections

#886. Servility

zelfstandig naamwoord

servility — slavery etc. (subjection) 749 — obsequiousness etc. adj. — subserviency — abasement — prostration, prosternation^† — genuflection etc. (worship) 990 — fawning etc. v. — tuft-hunting, timeserving^†, flunkeyism^† — sycophancy etc. (flattery) 933 — humility etc. 879.
sycophant, parasite — toad, toady, toad-eater — tufthunter^† — snob, flunky, flunkey, yes-man, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, Graeculus esuriens [Lat.], hanger on, cavaliere servente [It], led captain, carpet knight — timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir-Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank^† — flatterer etc. 935 — doer of dirty work — ame damnee [Fr.], tool — reptile — slave etc. (servant) 746 — courtier — beat [Slang], dead beat [Slang], doughface [U.S.], heeler [U.S.], homme de cour [Fr.], sponger, sucker [Slang], tagtail^†, truckler.

werkwoord

cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee — fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself — worship etc. 990.
sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, sponge, truckle to, grovel, fawn, lick the feet of, kiss the hem of one's garment, kiss one's ass [Vulg.], suck up.
pay court to — feed on, fatten on, dance attendance on, pin oneself upon, hang on the sleeve of, avaler les couleuvres [Fr.], keep time to, fetch and carry, do the dirty work of.
go with the stream, worship the rising sun, hold with the hare and run with the hounds.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

servile, obsequious — supple, supple as a glove — soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed — beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical — abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones — base, mean, sneaking — crouching etc. v..

bijwoord

hat in hand, cap in hand.

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