English-Thai Dictionary

slavish

ADJ อย่าง ทาส  เหมือน ทาส  ของ ทาส  servile fawning yang-tad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLAVISHLY

adv. Servilely; meanly; basely.

 

SLAVISHNESS

n.The state or quality of being slavish; servility; meanness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SLAVISH

SLAVISH Slav "ish, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- Slav "ish *ly, adv. -- Slav "ish *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

slavish

slav ish |ˈslāviSH ˈsleɪvɪʃ | ▶adjective relating to or characteristic of a slave, typically by behaving in a servile or submissive way: he noted the slavish, feudal respect they had for her. • showing no attempt at originality, constructive interpretation, or development: a slavish adherence to protocol. DERIVATIVES slav ish ly adverb, slav ish ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

slavish

slav ¦ish |ˈsleɪvɪʃ | ▶adjective servile or submissive: he noted the slavish, feudal respect they had for her. • showing no attempt at originality: a slavish adherence to protocol. DERIVATIVES slavishly adverb, slavishness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

slavish

slavish adjective 1 slavish lackeys of the government: servile, subservient, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous; informal bootlicking, forelock-tugging. 2 slavish copying: unoriginal, uninspired, unimaginative, uninventive, imitative. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See obsequious . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

slavish

slavish adjective 1 they were reviled as slavish lackeys of the government: servile, subservient, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, excessively deferential, toadying, ingratiating, unctuous, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, sycophantish, abject, craven, humble, Uriah Heepish, self-abasing; informal slimy, bootlicking, sucky, soapy, forelock-tugging; N. Amer. informal brown-nosing, apple-polishing; Brit. vulgar slang arse-licking, bum-sucking; N. Amer. vulgar slang kiss-ass, ass-kissing, suckholing. ANTONYMS independent, assertive. 2 a slavish copying of medieval motifs: unoriginal, uninspired, unimaginative, uninventive, non-innovative, imitative, derivative. ANTONYMS original, imaginative.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

slavish

slav ish /sléɪvɪʃ /形容詞 ｟否定的に ｠1 言いなりの, 独創性のない, 模倣の .2 奴隷のような, 卑屈な ; 奴隷制度の .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞