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servile  /ˈsɜr vəl/ ? Meaning of "servile"

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Definition(s):

  1. (adj) submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  2. (adj) relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants

Usage(s):

  • Few of the world's political leaders could boast of a more servile press than the United Arab Republic's President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Quotes

  1. President Theodore Roosevelt said, "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
    on Aug 14, 2005 By: Theodore Roosevelt Source: Arizona Republic

  2. "The unbelievable war crimes that Israel is committing in Gaza ...... it makes me ashamed to be a Jew," Kuerti said at the Toronto news conference. "The servile way in which Canada is supporting the US position - basically it's all Hamas's...
    on Jan 8, 2009 By: Anton Kuerti Source: Toronto Star

  3. "There are quite a lot of good conservatives and free marketeers and so on who think Christianity, in particular, is servile and irrational," Hitchens says.
    on Sep 3, 2007 By: Christopher Hitchens Source: Prince George Citizen

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