[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

groveling \grov"eling\, grovelling \grov"elling\, a.
   lying prone; low; debased; submissive in a self-abasing
   manner. "a groveling creature." --cowper.

   syn: cringing, wormlike, wormy.
        1913 webster + wordnet 1.5

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

grovel \grov"el\, v. i. imp.  p. p. groveledor grovelled;
   p. pr.  vb. n. groveling or grovelling. from oe.
   grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was
   misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. oe. gruf, groff, in the same
   sense; of scand. origin, cf. icel. gr=ufa, in =a gr=ufu
   on the face, prone, gr=ufa to grovel.
   1. to creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to
      lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the
      earth; to lie flat on one's belly, expressive of
      abjectness; to crawl.
      1913 webster

            to creep and grovel on the ground.    --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to
      be low, abject, or mean.
      1913 webster
see also:
groveled grovelled groveling grovelling 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

groveling
     adj : totally submissive syn: cringing, grovelling, wormlike,
            wormy
see also:
cringing grovelling wormlike wormy 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

63 moby thesaurus words for "groveling":
   abject, accumbent, apple-polishing, ass-kissing, backscratching,
   beggarly, bootlicking, brown-nosing, couchant, couche, cowering,
   crawling, cringing, crouching, decumbent, draped, fawnery, fawning,
   flat, flattering, flunkyism, footlicking, handshaking, hangdog,
   ingratiating, ingratiation, insinuation, kowtowing, lolling,
   lounging, lying, mealymouthed, mealymouthedness, obeisance,
   obeisant, obsequious, obsequiousness, on bended knee, parasitic,
   parasitism, procumbent, prone, prostrate, prostration, reclining,
   recumbent, reposing, resupine, sniveling, sponging, sprawled,
   sprawling, spread, supine, sycophancy, sycophantic, timeserving,
   toadeating, toadying, toadyish, toadyism, truckling, tufthunting

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