GROVEL Synonyms

• a very slow movement

• a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

• feel as if crawling with insects

• be full of

• show submission or fear

• swim by doing the crawl

• a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color

• a young deer

• show submission or fear

• try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

• have fawns

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

• call upon in supplication; entreat

• make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

• ask to obtain free

• dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted

• front part of a vessel or aircraft

• a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

• a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments

• bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

• a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow

• an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience

• something curved in shape

• a decorative interlacing of ribbons

• a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments

• bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head

• play on a stringed instrument with a bow

• yield to another's wish or opinion

• bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting

• bend one's back forward from the waist on down

• supporting yourself on your knees

• rest one's weight on one's knees

• a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission

• bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

• try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

• stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

• lying face downward

• get into a prostrate position, as in submission

• render helpless or defenseless

• throw down flat, as on the ground

• an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery

• achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

• a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

• a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

• to go stealthily or furtively

• grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

• show submission or fear

• some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame

• A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• show submission or fear