toadying
121toady — I. /ˈtoʊdi / (say tohdee) noun (plural toadies) 1. an obsequious sycophant; a fawning flatterer. –verb (toadied, toadying) –verb (t) 2. to be the toady to. –verb (i) 3. to be a toady. {shortened form of obsolete toadeater, a mountebank s… …
122up — /ʌp / (say up) adverb 1. to, towards, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder. 2. into the air: to throw up a ball. 3. out of the ground: to dig up potatoes. 4. to or in an erect position: to stand up. 5. out of bed: to …
123indulgence — [n] luxury; gratification allowance, appeasement, attention, babying*, coddling*, courtesy, endurance, excess, extravagance, favor, favoring, fondling, fondness, forbearance, fulfillment, goodwill, gratifying, hedonism, immoderation, intemperance …
124ingratiating — [adj] fawning, servile charming, crawling, deferential, disarming, flattering, humble, insinuating, obsequious, saccharine, serving, silken, smarmy, soft, sycophantic, toadying*, unctuous; concept 401 Ant. deterring, disgusting, repellent …
125obsequious — [adj] groveling, submissive abject, beggarly, brownnosing*, complacent, compliable, compliant, cringing, crouching, deferential, enslaved, fawning, flattering, ingratiating, kowtowing*, menial, obeisant, oily*, parasitic, parasitical, prostrate,… …
126servile — [adj] grovelling, subservient abject, base, beggarly, bootlicking, craven, cringing, despicable, eating crow*, eating humble pie*, fawning, humble, ignoble, low, mean, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, passive, slavish, submissive, sycophantic,… …
127toady — [tō′dē] n. pl. toadies [short for TOADEATER, quack doctor s assistant who pretended to eat toads (thought to be poisonous) to show the efficacy of quack medicines] a servile flatterer; sycophant, esp. one who does distasteful or unprincipled… …
128arse — n. & v. (US ass) coarse sl. n. the buttocks. v.intr. (usu. foll. by about, around) play the fool. Phrases and idioms: arse hole 1 the anus. 2 offens. a term of contempt for a person. arse licking obsequiousness for the purpose of gaining favour;… …
