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 }.
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
She must bend the servile knee . --
Thomson .
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Fearing dying pays death servile breath . --
Shak .
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2 .
Held in subjection ;
dependent ;
enslaved .
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Even fortune rules no more ,
O servile land ! --
Pope .
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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 .
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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 Synonyms of servile in English include subservient, slavish, and obsequious Subservient implies the cringing manner of someone who is very conscious of having a subordinate position
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 and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you say that someone is servile, you disapprove of them because they are too eager to obey someone or do things for them
Servile - definition of servile by The Free Dictionary 1 slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers 2 characteristic of, proper to, or customary for slaves; abject: servile obedience 3 of, pertaining to, or involving slaves, slavery, servants, or servitude
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, 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, Meaning, Synonyms Etymology When someone is described as servile, it implies that they lack independence and assertiveness, typically prioritizing the wishes and interests of authority figures or superiors over their own
SERVILE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Servile definition: slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning See examples of SERVILE used in a sentence
servile - Wiktionary, the free dictionary servile (plural serviles) (grammar) An element which forms no part of the original root A slave; a menial
servile - WordReference. com Dictionary of English of or pertaining to a condition of servitude or property ownership in which a person is held as a slave or as partially enslaved: medieval rebellions against servile laws