| Slavish (a.) Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependence on the great. Thesaurus Entries abused, apish, base, browbeaten, difficult, downtrod, downtrodden, emulative, formidable, ground down, heavy, henpecked, imitative, in leading strings, knotty, laborious, mean, menial, miserable, misused, obeisant, obsequious, operose, oppressed, ordered around, overborne, regimented, rough, rugged, servile, spineless, strenuous, subdued, submissive, subservient, tame, trampled, tyrannized, uninspired, unmanned, unoriginal, wretched |