Grovelling
Grovelling adjective - Totally submissive.
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Pitiful and grovelling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Grovelling".
Nearby Words: grovel, grovelled
Pitiful
Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).
Grovelling and pitiful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grovelling" instead an adjective "Pitiful".
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Twenty years from now with a gun in his hand and a victim impaled in its sights, what mercy would he show when his own pitiful pleas and grovelling had provoked only insensate anger and further blows?
Source: Literature / Going Home to Teach
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