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slavish collapse: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become submissive and subservient"; blindly imitative; "a slavish copy of the original"

hangdog collapse

deferential collapse

truckling collapse: the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons)

toadying collapse

obedient collapse: dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke

groveling collapse

sycophantic collapse

propitiatory collapse

ingratiating collapse: calculated to please or gain favor; "a smooth ingratiating manner"; capable of winning favor; "with open arms and an ingratiating smile"

flattering collapse: showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color"

obsequious collapse: attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants"

lowly collapse

sniveling collapse

mealymouthed collapse: hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician"

subservient collapse: compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw

menial collapse: a domestic servant

parasitic collapse: of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence"; relating to or caused by parasites; "parasitic infection"

servile collapse: submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

abject collapse: showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology"; of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"; most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty"; showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"

sponging collapse

fawning collapse

prone collapse: lying face downward; having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"

beggarly collapse: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt; marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"

mild collapse: moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism"

submissive collapse: inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"

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