What does grovelling mean?

grovelling means "totally submissive".

How many syllables are in grovelling?

grovelling has 3 syllables and divides as gro-vel-ling under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for grovelling?

Close synonyms include cringing, groveling, wormlike, wormy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grovelling a common word?

grovelling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Grovelling — meaning and 4 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
totally submissive
Synonymscringing groveling wormlike wormy
Similarsubmissive

Questions about grovelling

What does grovelling mean?: grovelling means "totally submissive".
How many syllables are in grovelling?: grovelling has 3 syllables and divides as gro-vel-ling under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

grovelling

adjective

Questions about grovelling