servile
adjectiveShowing an excessive and self-lowering eagerness to obey.
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slavish
adjectiveShowing excessive obedience or imitation with little independence.
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adjectiveExcessively pleased or satisfied with oneself.
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adjectiveShowing attentive concern or care, sometimes excessively.
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adjectiveExcessively obedient or willing to put oneself below others.
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adjectiveUsing excessive flattery toward an influential person.
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nounBoldness that is excessive or presumptuous.
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adjectiveSwollen; in writing, excessively inflated or pompous.
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adjectiveExcessive or not justified by the circumstances.
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