SERVILE


Meaning of SERVILE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sɜ:(r)vaɪl, AM -v(ə)l ]

If you say that someone is servile , you disapprove of them because they are too eager to obey someone or do things for them. ( FORMAL )

He was subservient and servile...

= obsequious

ADJ [ disapproval ]

• ser‧vil‧ity

She’s a curious mixture of stubbornness and servility.

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