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toady
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/ˈtəʊdi/
US
/ˈtoʊdi/
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toady
noun
toadies
pl
UK
/ˈtəʊdi/
US
/ˈtoʊdi/
подхалим
The manager was surrounded by toadies who agreed with everything he said.
Менеджера окружали подхалимы, которые соглашались со всем, что он говорил.
Additional translations
прислужник
льстец
Synonyms
flatterer
sycophant
yes-man
bootlicker
brown-noser
lickspittle
fawner
toady
verb
toadied
Past Simple
toadied
Past Participle
toadying
Gerund
UK
/ˈtəʊdi/
US
/ˈtoʊdi/
подлизываться
He would toady to his boss to get a promotion.
Он будет подлизываться к своему начальнику, чтобы получить повышение.
Additional translations
заискивать
Synonyms
kowtow
sycophantize
grovel
flatter
fawn
toady
adjective
more toady
Comp.
most toady
Super.
Attributive use: 'toady behaviour', 'toady remarks'; functions as qualitative adjective meaning 'obsequious, sycophantic'.
Synonyms
subservient
toadyish
groveling
slavish
unctuous
obsequious
sycophantic
servile
fawning
ingratiating
Definitions
toady
noun
A person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.
The manager was surrounded by toadies who agreed with everything he said.
toady
verb
To act in an obsequious way; to flatter or fawn over someone in order to gain favor or advantage.
He would toady to the boss every chance he got, hoping for a promotion.
toady
adjective
Displaying the servile flattery typical of a toady; obsequiously sycophantic.
His toady remarks made everyone cringe.
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