Reverse Dictionary: GROVEL

ADJECTIVES
► ARSE-LICKING extremely servile, grovelling → 1930s sl.

ADVERBS
► GROVELLINGWISE in a grovelling manner → 1561 obs.

NOUNS
► GRUBBERY a grovelling or sordid way of life → 1891

NOUNS – PERSON
► ARSE-LICK a toady, a sycophant, a groveller → 1970s sl., orig. US
► DUST-WORM a ‘worm of the dust’, a mean, despicable, or grovelling person; a term of reproach → 1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► EARTHWORM a mean or grovelling or servile person; a covetous, grasping person; a miser; a sordid wretch → 1594
► FACE-THE-CLARTS a low, plausible sneak; a mean, grovelling fellow → 1868 Sc. obs.
► GROVELING a groveller → 1708 obs.

VERBS
► ARSEHOLE CRAWL to grovel unashamedly; to play the sycophant → L19 sl.
► ARSEHOLE CREEP to grovel unashamedly; to play the sycophant; to toady → L19 sl.
► ASSHOLE to grovel, to submit or behave obsequiously → 1940 Amer. sl.