What does grovel mean?
Grovel means (intransitive) To be prone on the ground..
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/ˈɡrɒvəl/ · verb
(intransitive) To be prone on the ground..
In the tube station, the old ones who were on the way out / Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout
She refused to grovel in front of the bully, standing her ground.
He had to grovel before his boss after missing the important meeting.
He hated to grovel, but he knew it was the only way to save his job.
Use grovel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Grovel means (intransitive) To be prone on the ground..
Common synonyms include creep, fawn, cringe, cower.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In the tube station, the old ones who were on the way out / Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout
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