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groveling

Variant of grovel

intransitive verb groveled or grovelled, groveling or grovelling

  1. to lie prone or crawl in a prostrate position, esp. abjectly
  2. to behave humbly or abjectly, as before authority; debase oneself in a servile fashion
  3. to wallow in what is low or contemptible

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