grovel
grovel is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as adverb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adverb. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl.
- adverb. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.
- verb. show submission or fear
Synonyms
cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in grovel:
Common word forms
grovels, groveled, groveler, groveling, grovelled, groveller, grovelling
Words from these letters
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