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TOADY

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Irregular inflected form: toadied   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Synonyms:

ass-kisser; crawler; lackey; sycophant; toady

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("toady" is a kind of...):

adulator; flatterer (a person who uses flattery)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "toady"):

apple polisher; bootlicker; fawner; groveler; groveller; truckler (someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect)

goody-goody (a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior)

Derivation:

toady (try to gain favor by cringing or flattering)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

Example:

He is always kowtowing to his boss

Synonyms:

bootlick; fawn; kotow; kowtow; suck up; toady; truckle

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "toady" is one way to...):

blandish; flatter (praise somewhat dishonestly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "toady"):

court favor; court favour; curry favor; curry favour (seek favor by fawning or flattery)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

toady (a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage)

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