Servile (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants; "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"; "the servile wars of Sicily"; "servile work".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The Roman Empire's wealth relied heavily on servile labor from the colonies.
- Their system was a hierarchy, where most worked servile jobs on farms owned by nobles.
- Their whole demeanor took on a servile air when faced with criticism.
- Life was divided between working long hours and their meager, almost servile conditions in shacks nearby.
- Life expectancy among laborers decreased sharply with increase of the work involved with these grueling, almost servile working hours
Meaning 2
Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work".
Classification
All adjective clusters.