Classes Sentient and Moral Powers Personal Affections Extrinsic Affections Servility
Servility
Nouns
servility
slavery etc. (subjection) Subjection
obsequiousness etc. adj.
subserviency
abasement
prostration, prosternation
genuflection etc. (worship) Worship
fawning etc. v.
tuft-hunting, timeserving, flunkeyism
sycophancy etc. (flattery) Flattery
humility etc. Humility . sycophant, parasite
toad, toady, toad-eater
tufthunter
snob, flunky, flunkey, yes-man, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, hanger on, led captain, carpet knight
timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir-Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank
flatterer etc. Flatterer
doer of dirty work
tool
reptile
slave etc. (servant) Servant
courtier
beat [Slang] , dead beat [Slang] , doughface [U.S.] , heeler [U.S.] , sponger, sucker [Slang] , tagtail, truckler.
Verbs
cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee
fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself
worship etc. Worship . sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, sponge, truckle to, grovel, fawn, lick the feet of, kiss the hem of one's garment, kiss one's ass [Vulg.] , suck up. pay court to
feed on, fatten on, dance attendance on, pin oneself upon, hang on the sleeve of, keep time to, fetch and carry, do the dirty work of. go with the stream, worship the rising sun, hold with the hare and run with the hounds.
Adjectives
servile, obsequious
supple, supple as a glove
soapy, oily, pliant, cringing, abased, dough-faced, fawning, slavish, groveling, sniveling, mealy-mouthed
beggarly, sycophantic, parasitical
abject, prostrate, down on ones marrowbones
base, mean, sneaking
crouching etc. v..
Adverbs
hat in hand, cap in hand.