genuflecting

adjective

Definition of genuflectingnext
as in grovelling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for genuflecting
  1. obsequious
  2. servile
  3. sycophantic
  4. worshipful
  5. reverent
  6. reverential
  7. hagiographic
  8. subservient
Adjective
  • There were cover stories on him and obsequious profiles.
    Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Schulz is obsequious, either chummily laughing along to whatever is being said or clearly waiting for his turn to talk.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of obsequious
Adjective
  • His co-stars, like Will Ferrell’s savage Mugatu, Owen Wilson’s stoner hottie Hansel, and Nathan Lee Graham’s servile Todd — all so precise and well-defined in the original’s ravelike milieu — are doomed to retrace their old steps here.
    Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • These officials could, in turn, redistribute some of their private goods among their own servile lieutenants, but the monarch retained ultimate power to grant or revoke their privileged status.
    Serhiy Kudelia, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2014
Definition of servile
Adjective
  • Guillermo has gone from a sycophantic servant, dreaming of the day his master would turn him into a mythical creature of the night, to an out-and-proud vampire hunter who lives alongside his former lieges.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But traditional ideas about gender are proving stubborn in the virtual realm, starting with the AI assistants and their sycophantic feminine voices as well as those girls (French, tattooed, blonde) the app cooked up.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of sycophantic
Adjective
  • Her chef and housekeeper, Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher), is timid and worshipful but able to take quietly decisive action when necessary.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • In a country given to worshipful talk of Founding Fathers, this is not a new subject on the political stage.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of worshipful
Adjective
  • The presentation is restrained and reverent, but the flavors play together with dynamically on the tongue.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
  • More: Memorials honor Black Hawk crash victims with private family, Fort Campbell services The scene was controlled, quiet and reverent.
    Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024
Definition of reverent
Adjective
  • The most famous trial lawyer of his time, Clarence Darrow inspired reverential biographies, stage plays and performances from some of the 20th century’s greatest actors.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The track gets bolstered by reverential piano and the trio’s ethereal harmonies.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of reverential
Adjective
  • Recording a song for the hagiographic Ronald Reagan movie but not his own biopic?
    Chris Stanton, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Andrew Stevens pays loving but not hagiographic tribute to his late mother, famed actress Stella Stevens, in his documentary recently showcased at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of hagiographic
Adjective
  • As an angry teenager who develops a passionate hatred for everything about her life, particularly her stooped, seemingly subservient mother, Inseon runs away to Seoul, falls through a snowbank into a pit, and nearly dies.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The other subservient billionaires in the cartoon include Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Sam Altman of OpenAI, and Patrick Soon-Shiong, owner of the LA Times.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of subservient
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