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servile
[ sur-vil, -vahyl ]
adjective
- slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
servile flatterers.
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Antonyms:
- characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject:
servile obedience.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: , ,
- yielding slavishly; truckling (usually followed by to ).
- extremely imitative, especially in the arts; lacking in originality.
- being in slavery; oppressed.
- of, relating to, or involving slaves or servants.
- of or relating to a condition of servitude or property ownership in which a person is held in slavery or partially enslaved:
medieval rebellions against servile laws.
servile
/ ˈsɜːvaɪl; sɜːˈvɪlɪtɪ /
adjective
- obsequious or fawning in attitude or behaviour; submissive
- of or suitable for a slave
- existing in or relating to a state of slavery
- whenpostpositive, foll by to submitting or obedient
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
- servility, noun
Other yvlogs From
- ·· adverb
- ···ٲ [sur-, vil, -i-tee], ··Ա noun
- ԴDz·· adjective
- non··· adverb
- ··· adjective
- o·ver··· adverb
- ··· adjective
- pseu·do··· adverb
- ܲ·· adjective
- un··· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
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Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Prometheus found himself chained to the side of a Scythian mountain for disobeying the gods, who believed their strength depended on keeping people in dumb and servile awe.
Neither do the echoes from his servile party, especially the Republicans vying to be his running mate.
With the meeting Thursday, Mr. Macron hoped to find some unity on bolstering support for Ukraine or, short of that, to expose opponents who in his view remain too weak-kneed or servile to Moscow.
Unquestioned leaders and servile followers tell us why the German army marched into Russia without overcoats — the leader had decreed that the campaign would be victorious by autumn, and that was that.
In a servile bow to the crypto industry’s self-interest, they asserted that the proposed tax regulation would “prevent a large swath of the digital asset ecosystem from continuing to exist in the United States.”
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