Slavish
['sleɪvɪʃ] or ['slevɪʃ]
Definition
(adj.) abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; 'slavish devotion to her job ruled her life'; 'a slavish yes-man to the party bosses'- S.H.Adams; 'she has become submissive and subservient' .
(adj.) blindly imitative; 'a slavish copy of the original' .
Inputed by Frances--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great.
Checked by Edmond
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Servile, low, mean, base, cringing, obsequious, fawning, supple, grovelling, sycophantic, abject, sneaking, beggarly, base-minded, low-minded.[2]. Drudging, laborious, menial.
Checker: Sinclair
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Servile, drudging, {[merual]?}, mean, base, abject
ANT:Independent, free, voluntary
Editor: Patrick
Examples
- When the mass of men emerged from slavish obedience and made democracy inevitable, the taboo entered upon its final illness. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He may be careless and proud; but when was he ever mean or slavish? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I too was awe-struck; being, however, under no pressure of slavish terror, my thoughts and observations were free. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I have done with slavish fear of disaster. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And being uneducated he will have many slavish desires, some beggarly, some knavish, breeding in his soul. Plato. The Republic.
- All slavish terrors of embarrassment have left me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Patrick