adjective
- showing excessive humility or servility in seeking forgiveness or favor
Usage: often disapproving
verb
- present participle of grovel: to act with excessive humility or to crawl on the ground
Examples
- He wrote a grovelling apology to his boss after the mistake.
- She refused to make any grovelling gestures to win back his approval.
- The politician’s grovelling speech failed to convince the voters.
- He was grovelling on his hands and knees, begging for mercy.
- Her grovelling behavior made everyone uncomfortable.
- The employee was grovelling before the manager, hoping to keep his job.