grovelling

Meaning of grovelling

verb
  1. To be prone on the ground.
  2. To crawl.
  3. To abase oneself before another person.
  4. To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
  5. To take pleasure in mundane activities.

noun

The act of one who grovels.

Information about grovelling

  • The plural form of grovelling is: grovellings.
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Hyphenation of grovelling

grov-el-ling

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • grovelling is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

grovelling synonyms

Meaning cringing:

cringing, groveling, wormlike, wormy

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