GENUFLECTING Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

genuflecting

adjective

as in fawning

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Adjective

For instance, Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have become openly obsequious in sucking up to the DSA.

— Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
As a friend — her friends all know that Bobbi was singular — ever thoughtful, never obsequious, sometimes obstinate, always honest.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 6 July 2026

Definition of obsequious

Adjective

His usual complaint is that the network isn’t sycophantic enough.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Politicians in both parties are distancing themselves from an increasingly unpopular building boom faster than a sycophantic chatbot can flatter its user.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of sycophantic

Adjective

After a while, though, all the professions of sincerity and thanks, the constant invocations of the one true POTUS, and the worshipful exhibits upstairs give the whole place a cultish, nostalgic gleam.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
The secret in the biscuits is the pairing of cheddar with bacon, with the overall result being worshipful thanks from those who are lucky enough to partake.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 May 2026

Definition of worshipful

Adjective

But an extensive fiiing made by the trust to a Tennessee court late Tuesday afternoon paint a different portrait of Seaver than the reverent one seen in the death announcement video.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
Waterhouse often works with hairstylist Jacob Rozenberg, who has crafted her blonde hair into a reverent, glamorous bedhead.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of reverent

Adjective

Both of those series were dedicated to presenting American Muslim life in a way that was neither overly reverential nor simplistic and stilted.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Luccardi’s relationship with it was rather less reverential by the end of the shoot.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of reverential

Adjective

Consider Tom Brady’s 199 Productions — so far, the company’s output has almost exclusively been hagiographic documentaries and films about Brady’s illustrious football career.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
Such hagiographic descriptors are applied to nearly all of Hagwon’s striving middle-class characters as well as most of its wealthy ones.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of hagiographic

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