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groveller

/ˈɡrɒv.əl.ər/

Traduction: Nom désignant une personne qui se comporte de manière servile ou obséquieuse, souvent en s'humiliant excessivement pour témoigner du respect ou gagner les faveurs de quelqu'un.

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noun

C2formalcommon/ˈɡrɒv.əl.ər/

A noun referring to a person who behaves in a submissive or obsequious manner, often humbling themselves excessively to show respect or gain favor.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant une personne qui se comporte de manière servile ou obséquieuse, souvent en s'humiliant excessivement pour témoigner du respect ou gagner les faveurs de quelqu'un.
  1. Servile person C1 formal

    A person who acts in an excessively humble or submissive way, often to gain favor or avoid punishment.

    • The groveller apologized repeatedly for a minor mistake.
    • He was seen as a groveller by his colleagues because he always agreed with the boss.
    • She refused to be a groveller and stood up for her rights.

    🇫🇷Personne servile

    Synonymes: bootlickerfawnerlackeysycophanttoadytruckleryes-man

    Antonymes: individualistinsurgentmutineernonconformistrebel

  • grovellers plural form
  • grovellers' possessive plural form
  • groveller's possessive singular form