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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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- giants". The Australian. Tossell Williamson, Martin (19 May 2007). "Who's grovelling now?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2012. Eagar, Patrick (1982)...
- where the 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...
- 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...
- an imperceptible degradation to solitary self-indulgence". The gluttons grovel in the mud by themselves, sightless and heedless of their neighbors, symbolising...
- March 2010). "Gerard Butler's school pal on how Hollywood star phoned to grovel after branding her a flirt on TV". Daily Record. Retrieved 1 February 2013...
- (February 10, 2025). "The Democrats' Choice: Fight Trump's Oligarchy or Keep Groveling to Billionaire Donors". The Nation. ISSNĀ 0027-8378. Archived from the...
- Mi-do. Woo-jin threatens to tell Mi-do the truth, and Dae-su desperately grovels; when Woo-jin is unmoved, Dae-su cuts out his tongue as penance. Woo-jin...
- his predecessor as "cruel and despotic, even mad". Seneca was prone to "grovelling flattery" of whoever reigned at the time. His experience under Caligula...
- mortals should be sober, contractual, and of mutual benefit. Undignified grovelling, excessive enthusiasm (superstitio) and secretive practices were "weak-minded"...