- Cringing - Meanly submissive - Obsequious - Overly submissive - Reviles characters for being obsequious - Submissive - Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a
servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly
submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery;
servile fear; servile obedience.