serflike

An archaic adjective describing someone or something that resembles a serf in condition, status, or behavior, typically implying servitude or subjugation.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv, das jemanden oder etwas beschreibt, das einem Leibeigenen in Zustand, Status oder Verhalten ähnelt, meist mit der Nebenbedeutung von Unterwerfung oder Versklavung.

1. Resembling a serf C2 formal

   Characteristic of or resembling a serf, especially in terms of being in a state of servitude or lacking freedom.

   • The workers lived in serflike conditions, bound to the land.
   • His serflike obedience to the manager was unsettling.
   • The novel describes a serflike existence under the feudal system.

   🇩🇪sklavenartig

   Synonyme: bondservileslavishsubservient

   Antonyme: autonomousemancipatedfreeindependentliberatedsovereignunbound

• more serflike comparative form
• most serflike superlative form