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31morigerous — obsequious or deferent Bearing and Carrying …
32obsequiously — obsequious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. DERIVATIVES obsequiously adverb obsequiousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin obsequium compliance , from obsequi follow, comply with …
33obsequiousness — obsequious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. DERIVATIVES obsequiously adverb obsequiousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin obsequium compliance , from obsequi follow, comply with …
34subservient — 1 *auxiliary, subsidiary, contributory, ancillary, adjuvant, accessory Analogous words: *subordinate, secondary, dependent, subject 2 Subservient, servile, slavish, menial, obsequious can mean showing or characterized by extreme compliance or… …
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36servile — servilely, adv. servility, servileness, n. /serr vil, vuyl/, adj. 1. slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers. 2. characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience. 3. yielding slavishly;… …
37subservient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. servile, submissive, obsequious, cringing, abject; subordinate, contributory, instrumental, subsidiary. See servility, instrumentality. Ant., controlling, in charge. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …
38slavish — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having the qualities of a slave] Syn. servile, cringing, fawning; see docile , obsequious . 2. [Lacking originality] Syn. uninspired, faithful, imitative; see dull 4 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. servile, submissive …
39servile — ser•vile [[t]ˈsɜr vɪl, vaɪl[/t]] adj. 1) slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers[/ex] 2) characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience[/ex] 3) of, pertaining to, or involving slaves,… …
40Yielding — Yield ing, a. Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. [1913 Webster] {Yielding and paying} (Law), the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is… …
