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Definition of Grovelling

grovelling
Groveling Grov"el*ing, a. Lying prone; low; debased. [Written also grovelling.] ``A groveling creature.' --Cowper.

Meaning of Grovelling from wikipedia

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- where that reverence now? Thy eagle pinion is chained down at last, And grovelling in the lowly dust art thou: Thy minstrel hath no wreath to weave for thee...
- Haughey's dismissive attitude towards Mara and the latter's adoring and grovelling attitude towards his boss winning critical praise. Morgan pilloried Haughey's...
- giants". The Australian. Tossell Williamson, Martin (19 May 2007). "Who's grovelling now?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2012. Eagar, Patrick (1982)...
- of Dreyfus, "because the minister is a coward". The proof was "that he grovels before the Prussians" by agreeing to publish the denials of the German...
- waned. Muzik described the sound of UK techno at this time as "dutiful grovelling at the altar of American techno with a total unwillingness to compromise...
- depleted, powerless. At the end, I was down on the floor on my knees groveling and pleading with him". Winfrey became so depressed that on September...
- the young and very much upcoming West Indies for whom Greig's infamous "grovel" remark acted as motivation. Greig's finest hour was probably the 1976–77...
- mortals should be sober, contractual, and of mutual benefit. Undignified grovelling, excessive enthusiasm (superstitio) and secretive practices were "weak-minded"...
- apologetic but said he could do nothing when Cicero brought himself to grovel in the proconsul's tent. Everyone seemed to have abandoned Cicero. After...