- Of or characteristic of a slave or slavery; servile: Her slavish devotion to her job ruled her life.
- Showing no originality; blindly imitative: a slavish copy of the original.
slavishness slav'ish·ness n.
Dictionary:
slav·ish (slā'vĭsh) ![]() |
| Thesaurus: slavish |
adjective
| WordNet: slavish |
The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
blindly imitative
Meaning #2:
abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
Synonyms: subservient, submissive
| Translations: Slavish |
Nederlands (Dutch)
slaafs, onderdanig
Français (French)
adj. - d'esclave, servile
Deutsch (German)
adj. - sklavisch
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δουλικός, δουλοπρεπής
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - submisso (f), servil, vil
Русский (Russian)
раболепный, подражательный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - servil
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - slavisk, trälaktig
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
奴隶的, 奴隶根性的, 奴性的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 奴隸的, 奴隸根性的, 奴性的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 노예의, 천한, 흉내내는
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 奴隷のような, 奴隷根性の, 卑屈な, 原型通りの, 独創性のない, 奴隷の
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) وضيع, ذو علاقه بالارقاء, رقيقي
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - כעבד, מתרפס, שפל, אינו מגלה שום מאמץ להתפתח או להיות מקורי
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