meanly submissive
1Servile — 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;… …
2obsequious — a. Fawning, sycophantic, deferential, flattering, cringing, servile, slavish, supple, meanly submissive …
3parasitic — a.; (also parasitical) Sycophantic, fawning, flattering, wheedling, servile, slavish, meanly submissive …
4servile — a. 1. Dependent, menial, held in bondage, held in slavery, held in subjection. 2. Slavish, mean, base, cringing, obsequious, fawning, supple, grovelling, sycophantic, abject, low, beggarly, sneaking, base minded, low minded, meanly submissive …
5sycophantic — a. Fawning, cringing, servile, slavish, parasitic, obsequious, adulatory, supple, grovelling, meanly submissive …
6Obsequious — Ob*se qui*ous, a. [L. obsequiosus, fr. obsequium compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs[ e]quieux, See {Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequy}.] 1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of… …
7servile — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French servil, from Latin servilis, from servus slave Date: 15th century 1. of or befitting a slave or a menial position 2. meanly or cravenly submissive ; abject Synonyms: see subservient •… …
8Disciples of Confucius — Sima Qian has Confucius saying: The disciples who received my instructions, and could themselves comprehend them, were seventy seven individuals. They were all scholars of extraordinary ability. The common saying is, that the disciples of the… …
