Bowing and Servile

Bowing

Bowing adjective - Bending downward or forward.

Servile and bowing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Servile" instead an adjective "Bowing".

Nearby Words: bow, bowed

Servile

Servile adjective - Showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness.

Bowing and servile are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bowing" instead an adjective "Servile".

Nearby Words: servility, servitude, servilely

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Django Unchained Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Stephen, on first appearance, almost out-Fetchits Stepin Fetchit, bowing and scraping and acting servile, but underneath that act....well, Tarantino says it best, in the script: Who's STEPHEN?
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