Grovel - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɡrɑːvl|  American pronunciation of the word grovel
Brit.  |ˈɡrɒv(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word grovel

verb

- show submission or fear (syn: cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn)

Extra examples

The peasants groveled before the king.

He had to grovel to get her to accept his apology.

He made a groveling apology to his girlfriend.

I had to really grovel to the bank manager to get a loan.

I saw him grovelling in the road for his hat.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: grovel
he/she/it: grovels
present participle: grovelling
past tense: grovelled
past participle: grovelled
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