What does grovelling mean?

grovelling means "totally submissive".

How many syllables are in grovelling?

grovelling has 3 syllables: gro-vel-ling. The stress falls on "gro".

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, pronunciation and definition

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: gro-vel-ling. The stress falls on "gro".

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