PROSTRATING Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word prostrating. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PROSTRATING
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| bowing | verb, adverb, noun, adjectivev, adv, n, adj | |||||||
noun • bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting • managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument adjective satellite • showing an excessively deferential manner | ||||||||
| groveling | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • totally submissive | ||||||||
| humbling | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing awareness of your shortcomings | ||||||||
| kneeling | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • supporting yourself on your knees | ||||||||
| crouching | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body verb • bend one's back forward from the waist on down • sit on one's heels | ||||||||
| genuflecting | verbv | |||||||
verb • bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image • bend the knees and bow in a servile manner | ||||||||
| submitting | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
verb • refer for judgment or consideration • put before • yield to the control of another • hand over formally • refer to another person for decision or judgment • yield to another's wish or opinion • accept or undergo, often unwillingly • make an application as for a job or funding • make over as a return • accept as inevitable | ||||||||
| flat | adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj | |||||||
adjective • lacking contrast or shading between tones • (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone noun • a level tract of land • a shallow box in which seedlings are started • a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named • freight car without permanent sides or roof • a deflated pneumatic tire • scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting • a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house adverb • with flat sails • in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly adjective satellite • having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another • having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness • not modified or restricted by reservations • stretched out and lying at full length along the ground • flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) • lacking taste or flavor or tang • lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting • having lost effervescence • sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch • horizontally level • lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth • not reflecting light; not glossy • commercially inactive | ||||||||
| prone | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having a tendency (to); often used in combination • lying face downward | ||||||||
| bow down | verbv | |||||||
verb • get into a prostrate position, as in submission • bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head | ||||||||
