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grovel

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of grovel

1 to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission

the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near

Synonyms of grovel

cower, cringe, quail

Words Related to grovel

flinch, recoil, shrink, squinch

blanch, blench, whiten

fawn, kowtow, toady

2 to move slowly with the body close to the ground

because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground

Synonyms of grovel

belly, crawl, creep, slide, slither, snake, worm, wriggle

Words Related to grovel

edge, inch, nose

skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe

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