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toadying

verb , present participle of toady

Synonyms and Antonyms of toadying

to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior

a satirical novel about an amoral go-getter who toadies his way to the top of the corporate ladder

Synonyms of toadying

apple-polishing, bootlicking, fawning, fussing, kowtowing, sucking (up), truckling

Words Related to toadying

drooling, gushing, slavering, slobbering

endearing, ingratiating

courting, wooing

adulating, idolizing, worshipping (also worshiping)

blandishing, cajoling, coaxing, flattering, overpraising, soft-soaping

cowering, cringing, groveling (or grovelling)

abasing, debasing, demeaning

deferring, submitting, yielding

Phrases Synonymous with toadying

currying favor, kissing up to

Near Antonyms of toadying

despising, disdaining, scorning

gibing (or jibing), jeering, scoffing

braving, challenging, defying

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