Synonyms for "toadying" (56 found)

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Closest matches (12)

abjectapple polishingapple-polishingass-kissingback scratchingbackscratchingbeggarlybootlickingbrown-nosingcoweringcrawlingcringing

Strong matches (16)

crouchingfawneryfawningflatteringflunkyismfootlickinggreasygrovelinggrovellinghandshakinghangdogingratiatingingratiationinsinuationkowtowingmealymouthed

Related words (28)

mealymouthednessmenialobeisanceobeisantobsequiousobsequiousnesson bended kneeparasiticparasitismprostrateprostrationservileservilityslimysnivelingspongingsubmissivesupplesycophancysycophant

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sycophantictimeservingtoadeatingtoadyishtoadyismtrucklingtufthunting

Adjective(1 words)

unctuous

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2 relation types

form of

1 entries

toady

related to

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toady

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Aristotle was toadying up to the Macedonian monarchy.

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