servile
adjective
[ ˈsəːvʌɪl ]
• having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.
• "he bowed his head in a servile manner"
Similar:
obsequious,
sycophantic,
excessively deferential,
subservient,
fawning,
toadying,
ingratiating,
unctuous,
oily,
oleaginous,
greasy,
grovelling,
cringing,
toadyish,
slavish,
abject,
craven,
humble,
Uriah Heepish,
self-abasing,
slimy,
bootlicking,
smarmy,
sucky,
cringey,
soapy,
forelock-tugging,
brown-nosing,
apple-polishing,
arse-licking,
bum-sucking,
kiss-ass,
ass-kissing,
• of or characteristic of a slave or slaves.
• "the servile condition of the peasants"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘suitable for a slave or for the working class’): from Latin servilis, from servus ‘slave’.
