"Groveling" means behaving in a submissive or excessively humble manner, often in order to gain forgiveness or favor from someone.
Sentences with «groveling»
Kandui Surf Resort Mentawai Islands July 14th surf report We were kind of groveling for a few days at 4 Bobs and Burgerworld as some bad weather was hanging around, but right as a new swell arrived our winds went good for Bankvaults and it has been a tube fest ever since! (baliwaves.com)
It was only the eruption of anger in the popular press that prompted national house - builders to issue grovelling apologies and promise to remedy the offending lease clauses. (lawyer-monthly.com)
Being told that you will suffer for all eternity at the behest of a supposedly loving and just being for the crime of not groveling before it due to a lack of evidence = PRETTY DARNED OFFENSIVE. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)