Synonyms of grovels

grovels

verb

present tense third-person singular of grovel

1

as in cringes

to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission

the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cringes
• flinches
• cowers
• recoils
• quails
• whitens
• blanches
• shrinks
• kowtows
• toadies
• fawns
• blenches
• squinches

2

as in crawls

to move slowly with the body close to the ground

because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crawls
• creeps
• snakes
• slides
• slithers
• worms
• crouches
• wriggles
• tiptoes
• sneaks
• bellies
• squats
• inches
• edges
• steals
• noses
• skulks