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slavish

[ sley-vish ]
/ ˈsleɪ vɪʃ /
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adjective
of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
being or resembling a slave; abjectly submissive: He was slavish in his obedience.
base; mean; ignoble: slavish fears.
deliberately imitative; lacking originality: a slavish reproduction.

OTHER WORDS FOR slavish

2 groveling, sycophantic, fawning, cringing.
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Origin of slavish

First recorded in 1555–65; slave + -ish1

synonym study for slavish

2. See servile.

OTHER WORDS FROM slavish

Words nearby slavish

slave trade, slavey, Slavic, Slavicism, Slavicist, slavish, Slavism, Slavkov, Slavo-, slavocracy, Slavonia
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Words related to slavish

cringing, docile, fawning, obsequious, servile, submissive, boring, dull, faithful, imitative, uninspired, abject, bond, dependent, groveling, hard, menial, oppressive, subservient, unoriginal

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British Dictionary definitions for slavish

slavish
/ (ˈsleɪvɪʃ) /
adjective
of or befitting a slave
being or resembling a slave; servile
unoriginal; imitative
archaic ignoble

Derived forms of slavish

slavishly, adverbslavishness, noun
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