crawler
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- noun
- /ˈkrɔːlər/
- Offensive
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lamebotas
- They often warned her about being a crawler and encouraged her to stand up for herself.
- a group of crawlers
Examples
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The new employee is such a crawler that he laughs at every one of the manager's jokes.
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So what can you tell me about this Crawler guy?
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The Crawler... he wants to kill you.
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They call him the Crawler.
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I suspect this Crawler, as you call him, sees himself very differently, possibly even heroically.
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At work, he has become a crawler, always flattering the boss to get ahead.
Synonyms
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A person who says nice things to a powerful person to get something for themselves
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A person who praises someone important to get favors
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A person who flatters and obeys someone in power to gain favor
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A person who flatters someone in charge to get favors
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A person who flatters someone in power to get favors
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A person who praises someone in power to get benefits
A person who tries to gain someone's favor for personal advantage
A person who behaves very humbly to please others or avoid trouble
A person who praises a boss to get a favor
A person who praises someone in power to get advantages
A person who gives too many compliments to gain favor
A person who flatters people in charge to gain favor
Compounds
- NSFW
A person who drives slowly at night near the curb to try to have sex with people for money
How Obsequious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crawler in the sense of a sycophant comes from crawl and -er, with the image of someone literally 'crawling' before a powerful person. So calling someone a crawler means they try to please or flatter another person in a very low, submissive way.