to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.

to lie or crawl with the face downward and the body prostrate, esp. in abject humility, fear, etc.

to take pleasure in mean or base things.

verb

boast

verb

apple-polish , beg , beg for mercy , beseech , blandish , bootlick * , bow and scrape , brown-nose , butter up * , cater to , court , cower , crawl , creep , cringe , crouch , eat crow * , eat dirt , eat humble pie , fall all over , fawn * , flatter , humble oneself , humor , implore , kiss one’s feet , kneel , kowtow * , make much of , make up to , pamper , play up to , prostrate * , revere , snivel , soft-soap , stoop , suck up to , truckle * , wheedle , yes * , bootlick , kowtow , slaver , toady , truckle , abase , brownnose , fawn , sneak , sycophancy , wallow