The act of grovelling — crawling, begging, or debasing yourself before someone in a humiliating display of submission or desperate apology. Whether literal (face-down on the floor) or figurative (sending the third apologetic text in an hour), grovelling is undignified by definition. In everyday slang, accusing someone of grovelling is a pointed observation that they've abandoned all self-respect in pursuit of forgiveness, favor, or approval. It's often used with contempt, sometimes with exasperated sympathy.
After forgetting their anniversary, he spent the entire week grovelling — flowers, chocolates, a reservations at her favourite restaurant.
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The act of one who grovels.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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