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servile
/'sɜrvɪl/
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Definitions of servile
  1. adjective
    relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants
    "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection" "the servile wars of Sicily" "servile work"

    Similar: 

    unfree
  2. adjective
    submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
    "spoke in a servile tone" "the incurably servile housekeeper" "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

    Similar: 

    fawning obsequious slavelike slavish bootlicking subservient sycophantic toadyish submissive
    Opposite:
    unservile
Examples of servile
  • "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"
  • "the servile wars of Sicily"
  • "servile work"
  • "spoke in a servile tone"
  • "the incurably servile housekeeper"
  • "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"
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