servile
[adjective]
Synonyms: subservient, abject, fawning, grovelling, obsequious, sycophantic, toadying

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Antonyms: authoritative
Contrasted words: aggressive
Related Words: obedient, submissive, passive, unresisting, bootlicking, groveling, toadyish

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ser‧vile /ˈsɜːvaɪl $ ˈsɜːrvəl, -vaɪl/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: servant, serve, server, service, disservice, the services, serving, servery, servicing, servility, servitude; adjective: serviceable, servile, serving; verb: serve, service]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: servilis, from servus; ⇒ serve¹]

1. very eager to obey someone because you want to please them – used to show disapproval:
a servile attitude

2. relating to slaves or to being a slave
—servility /sɜːˈvɪləti, sɜːˈvɪlɪti $ sɜːr-/ noun [uncountable]

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