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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Groveling (0.00908 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Groveling.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: groveling
groveling
adj : totally submissive [syn:
cringing,
grovelling,
wormlike,
wormy]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Groveling
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.
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To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden.
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2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to
be low, abject, or mean.
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