slavish
[ sley-vish ]
/ ˈsleɪ vɪʃ /
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adjective
SYNONYMS FOR slavish
2 groveling, sycophantic, fawning, cringing.
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2. See servile.
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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
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