Definitions for grovels

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grovels grov·el

Spelling: [gruhv-uh l, grov-]

IPA: /ˈgrʌv əl, ˈgrɒv-/

Grovels is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in grovels (eglorsv).

Definitions for grovels

verb (used without object)

1. to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
2. to lie or crawl with the face downward and the body prostrate, especially in abject humility, fear, etc.
3. to take pleasure in mean or base things.

Origin of grovels

1585-95; back formation from obsolete groveling (adv.), equivalent to obsolete grufe face down (Old Norse ā grūfu face down) + -ling², taken to be present

Examples for grovels

Would-be partners had to grovel for deals and were only accepted on onerous terms, they said.

Are you to be happy, while I grovel in the intensity of my wretchedness?

The women shriek and swoon, grovel on the ground, and tear their hair.

But don't let him have her, don't let him be happy with her, while I grovel here in shame!

Then we grovel in the dust of a million years, and ask God why.

He wished he could frighten her, force her to grovel, but someone might try to stop him from doing it.

Do you think that I have followed you here to grovel at your feet for mere whim?

So long as it continued to grovel in the depths, we could not think of setting out.

My clients came to me, singly and in pairs, to grovel and to implore.

Ali says she was like a wild beast, but he twisted her wrist and made her grovel in the dust.