to toady
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9.1
- verb
- /ˈtoʊdi/
:
adular a
- We don't need to toady like the Dems do, and promise free contraceptives.
If Trump's spineless toadying to Putin made you think what's Vlad got on him?
- If Trump's spineless toadying to Putin made you think what's Vlad got on him?
- Like Morgan would say, I'm just a journalist, you know, spends half his career toadying up unbelievably to Justinian the emperor.
Examples
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She always tries to toady to her boss by praising his every decision.
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Stop toadying to your teacher; just do your best work like everyone else.
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If you aren't trying to toady up to religious people, you are doing a damn good job of pretending to.
Blog text (19) -
The course taught me how this is exactly what the forces of the status quo want, and I resolved not to "toady" to them anymore.
Academic text (1996) -
Quit toadying to "spokesman" like Trump, the Mouth of the North.
Blog text (12) -
I've had to fawn and toady, and make a mock of myself... till all I could hear was the world laughing at me.
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If the generals weren't eying political office after they got out, they were toadying up to the politicians to keep their position or gain favors.
Blog text (18) -
The criteria for getting ahead at Microsoft are no longer critical thinking but an ability to espouse a joyous future for any given product or program while at the same time toadying up in a sufficient way to the managers above you.
Blog text (15) -
Unfortunately, Vic is leaving behind an entire squad of senior manager cheerleaders who are still waving pom poms, emoting, and toadying up.
Blog text (15) -
To win the promotion, he began to toady to the senior executives more than usual.
Synonyms
26
8.0
To praise someone to get their approval
25
7.7
Act very friendly and praise someone to gain their favor
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4.2
Say nice things to someone to get what you want
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9.2
To behave very obediently to please a person in power
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7.4
To try to get someone to like you by praising them or being too helpful
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9.5
To try to please someone in power to get an advantage
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8.2
To flatter someone in power without meaning it to get their favor
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9.4
Behave too politely and humbly to please someone
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7.7
To try to persuade someone by giving false praise
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8.1
To speak very kindly to someone to get something from them
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8.7
To praise or obey someone in power to get their support
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9.9
To act too obediently to someone in power
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6.8
To try to get someone's approval by praising them a lot
To please someone with too many compliments to get a favor
Praise or act very friendly toward a boss to get something for yourself
To praise and obey a powerful person to get their support
Antonyms
How Servile
Surface Forms
Etymology
Toady comes from the old phrase toad-eater, a name for performers who pretended to eat toads to please a crowd. So, to toady is to flatter or do embarrassing things to win someone's favour.