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What (who) is grovelling - definition
Grovelling
·- of Grovel.
grovelling
a.
1.
Creeping, crouching, squat.
2.
Low, mean, base, vile, abject, servile, slavish, cringing, fawning, beggarly, sneaking, earth-born, undignified, unworthy, without elevation.
grovel
¦ verb (grovels, grovelling, grovelled; US grovels, groveling, groveled)
1. crouch or crawl abjectly on the ground.
2. act obsequiously to obtain forgiveness or favour.
Derivatives
groveller noun
grovelling adjective
grovellingly adverb
Origin
ME: back-form. from the obs. adverb grovelling, from obs. groof, grufe 'the face or front' (from ON a grufu 'face downwards') + the suffix -ling.
Examples of use of grovelling
1. He said÷ "This government is grovelling to republicans.
2. Her uncharacteristic slip–up left Buckingham Palace courtiers grovelling to Downing Street yesterday.
3. Bloomsbury promptly banned Asda from selling the book, only relenting after a grovelling apology.
4. Which grovelling New Labour groupie described Blair in these words last year?
5. He has since issued a grovelling apology and checked into rehab.