grovelling in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for grovelling in the English»French Dictionary

grovelling, groveling Am [Brit ˈɡrɒv(ə)lɪŋ] ADJ

grovelling person, apology:

grovelling

obséquieux/-ieuse

grovel <pres part etc grovelling, grovelled Am groveling, groveled> [Brit ˈɡrɒv(ə)l, ˈɡrʌv(ə)l, Am ˈɡrɑvəl, ˈɡrəvəl] VB intr

1. grovel (humbly):

grovel fig

ramper (to sb, before sb devant qn)

to grovel at sb's feet

ramper aux pieds de qn

Phrases:

grovel, a. grovel about, grovel around

marcher à quatre pattes

Translations for grovelling in the French»English Dictionary

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s'aplatir comme une carpette devant qn

to grovel to sb

rampant (rampante) manières, personne

grovelling Brit

ramper fig

to grovel (devant to)

prosterner

to grovel (devant to)

se déculotter sl

to grovel inf

s'aplatir comme une crêpe inf, pej

to grovel (devant qn to sb, at sb's feet)

s'aplatir devant qn

to grovel in front of sb

se mettre à plat ventre devant qn fig

to grovel in front of sb

grovelling in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for grovelling in the English»French Dictionary

grovel <Brit -ll- [or Am -l-]> [ˈgrɒvl, Am ˈgrɑ:vl] VB intr

1. grovel (behave obsequiously):

to grovel before sb

se prosterner devant qn

2. grovel (crawl):

grovel

ramper

to grovel on one's knees

se mettre à genoux

to grovel about in the dirt

se traîner dans la boue

Translations for grovelling in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

se prosterner devant qn/qc

to grovel to sb/sth

se traîner [ou ramper] aux pieds de qn

to grovel at sb's feet

grovelling Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to grovel before sb

se prosterner devant qn

to grovel on one's knees

se mettre à genoux

to grovel about in the dirt

se traîner dans la boue

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Reduced to grovelling, he is removed by guards.

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Words like halo, deity, worship elevates the country to a height and then words such as chained, grovelling, lowly dust and wreath bring out the contrast strongly.

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The author also mentions that the country has been humiliated and ashamed of herself grovelling in the dust.

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T is the season of apologies - specifically, grovelling apologies by some of our finest academic brains for homophobic remarks they've made in public.

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There will be no mercy for our sugar-coated, honey-dripping, wheedling, grovelling allies!

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