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servile
[ sur-vil, -vahyl ]
adjective
- slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
servile flatterers.
Synonyms: obsequious
Antonyms: insubordinate
- characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject:
servile obedience.
Synonyms: lowly, humble, obedient
Antonyms: superior, lordly, disobedient
- yielding slavishly; truckling (usually followed by to ).
- extremely imitative, especially in the arts; lacking in originality.
- being in slavery; oppressed.
- of, relating to, or involving slaves or servants.
- of or relating to a condition of servitude or property ownership in which a person is held in slavery or partially enslaved:
medieval rebellions against servile laws.
servile
/ ˈsɜːvaɪl; sɜːˈvɪlɪtɪ /
adjective
- obsequious or fawning in attitude or behaviour; submissive
- of or suitable for a slave
- existing in or relating to a state of slavery
- whenpostpositive, foll by to submitting or obedient
Derived Forms
- ˈservilely, adverb
- servility, noun
Other Words From
- ser·vile·ly adverb
- ser·vil·i·ty [sur-, vil, -i-tee], ser·vile·ness noun
- non·ser·vile adjective
- non·ser·vile·ly adverb
- o·ver·ser·vile adjective
- o·ver·ser·vile·ly adverb
- pseu·do·ser·vile adjective
- pseu·do·ser·vile·ly adverb
- un·ser·vile adjective
- un·ser·vile·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of servile1
Word History and Origins
Origin of servile1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Neither do the echoes from his servile party, especially the Republicans vying to be his running mate.
With the meeting Thursday, Mr. Macron hoped to find some unity on bolstering support for Ukraine or, short of that, to expose opponents who in his view remain too weak-kneed or servile to Moscow.
Unquestioned leaders and servile followers tell us why the German army marched into Russia without overcoats — the leader had decreed that the campaign would be victorious by autumn, and that was that.
In a servile bow to the crypto industry’s self-interest, they asserted that the proposed tax regulation would “prevent a large swath of the digital asset ecosystem from continuing to exist in the United States.”
Some Hawaiian cultural experts say aloha is a complex and fluid idea, too often misconstrued as a sweet and servile way of tolerating visitors.
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