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servile 音标拼音: [s'ɚvəl] a. 奴隶的,奴隶根性的,卑屈的 奴隶的,奴隶根性的,卑屈的 servile adj 1: submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; " spoke in a servile tone"; " the incurably servile housekeeper"; " servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work" [ ant: { unservile}, { unsubmissive}] 2: relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants; " Brown' s attempt at servile insurrection"; " the servile wars of Sicily"; " servile work" Servile \ Serv" ile\, n. ( Gram.) An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to { radical}. [ 1913 Webster]
Servile \ Serv" ile\, a. [ L. servile, fr. servus a servant or slave: cf. F. servile. See { Serve}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience. [ 1913 Webster] She must bend the servile knee. -- Thomson. [ 1913 Webster] Fearing dying pays death servile breath. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved. [ 1913 Webster] Even fortune rules no more, O servile land! -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Gram.) ( a) Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter. ( b) Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune. [ 1913 Webster] 118 Moby Thesaurus words for " servile": abject, abused, accepting, acquiescent, agreeable, apple- polishing, ass- kissing, assenting, attendant, attending, base, bootlicking, browbeaten, brown- nosing, client, common, complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, consenting, craven, cringing, crouching, deferential, demeaning, dependent, despicable, disadvantaged, downtrod, downtrodden, fawning, feudal, feudatory, flattering, ground down, groveling, helping, henpecked, humble, ignoble, in leading strings, in the shade, inferior, infra dig, ingratiating, junior, less, lesser, liege, low, lower, lowly, mean, mean- spirited, menial, ministering, minor, misused, modest, nondissenting, nonresistant, nonresisting, nonresistive, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, on bended knee, oppressed, ordered around, ordinary, overborne, passive, prone, prostrate, regimented, resigned, scurvy, second rank, second string, secondary, serving, servitorial, slavish, slimy, smarmy, sordid, sub, subaltern, subject, submissive, subordinate, subservient, supine, sycophantic, sycophantish, third rank, third string, toadish, toadying, toadyish, trampled, tributary, truckling, tyrannized, ugly, unassertive, uncomplaining, unctuous, underprivileged, unmanned, unresistant, unresisting, vassal, vile, vulgar, waiting, wheedling
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- SERVILE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SERVILE is of or befitting a menial position How to use servile in a sentence Did you know?
- SERVILE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
SERVILE definition: 1 too eager to serve and please someone else in a way that shows you do not have much respect for… Learn more
- SERVILE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
SERVILE meaning: 1 too eager to serve and please someone else in a way that shows you do not have much respect for… Learn more
- SERVILE Simple Definition - Merriam-Webster
The simple definition of SERVILE is very obedient and trying too hard to please someone
- SERVILE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
SERVILE definition: slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning See examples of servile used in a sentence
- servile, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are 23 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word servile, six of which are labelled obsolete, and two of which are considered derogatory See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
- SERVILE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
4 meanings: 1 obsequious or fawning in attitude or behaviour; submissive 2 of or suitable for a slave 3 existing in or Click for more definitions
- servile - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
servile (comparative more servile, superlative most servile) Excessively eager to please; obsequious
- servile adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of servile adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- Servile Meaning: How to Use It Correctly in Real Conversations
Learn the true servile meaning with real-life examples, conversations, and psychology Understand when to use it and avoid common mistakes
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