kowtowing
present participle ofkowtow
kowtow
verb[I]
disapprovinguk/ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/us/ˌkaʊˈtaʊ/to show too muchrespectto someone inauthority, always doing what you are told andchangingwhat you do inordertopleasethem
Showing respect and admiration
- admiration
- admire
- admiring
- admiringly
- approving
- approvingly
- freedom
- fulsomely
- fulsomeness
- glorify
- hallow
- homage
- payyourrespectsidiom
- putsomeoneon a pedestalidiom
- respectful
- respectfully
- retire
- retire a numberidiom
- revere
- reverence
Examplesofkowtowing
kowtowing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Most importantly, this would be an admission of failure which would amount tokowtowingto the financial sector.
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It is notkowtowingto any momentary spasm.
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It is a dependency economykowtowingto successive governments for hand-outs.
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However, we have found that his policy allows him to bully and lecture the weak whilekowtowingobsequiously to the strong.
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He made it known that he wouldn't forgive anykowtowing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I am not entitled to all thiskowtowing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Kowtowingis a powerful gesture reserved mainly for honoring the dead or offering deep respect at a temple.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Kowtowing, or kneeling and bowing so deeply that ones forehead is touching the floor, is practiced during worship at temples.
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