toady
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9.0
- noun
- /ˈtoʊdi/
- Offensive
:
lameculo (vulgar)
- In times of war, the mainstream media becomes an organ, a willing toady of the government, reverting to the role of glorified cheerleaders for the home team rather than engaging in a skeptical investigation of what is right.
Examples
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In our world, you were either a bully, a toady... ...or one of the nameless rabble of victims.
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At Masseria's right hand, his toady, SONNY CATANIA, dances attendance.
Fiction book (1991) -
No, he'd choose a toady, a yes person, and here she was.
Fiction book (1991) -
Which of the two is the bigger hypocrite, and which is the bigger toady?
Blog text (24) -
Thank God Blamphin, that toady, pipes up.
Fiction book (1993) -
May I say how much I loathe and despise toadies like you?
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The sad fact is that although, say, Harry Reid is a cowardly little toady, Sharron Angle is, incredibly, far worse.
Blog text (22) -
Grover Dill, Farkus' crummy little toady.
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Government toadies tattled on particular villages for playing cricket on the wrong day, and the administration imposed fines or jailed matai.
Academic text (1991) -
He was nothing more than a toady, always flattering his boss to gain promotions.
Synonyms
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8.4
A person who says nice things to a powerful person to get something for themselves
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9.3
A person who praises someone important to get favors
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7.7
A person who praises someone in power to get an advantage
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7.7
A person who always behaves very well to please teachers or adults
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9.9
A person who flatters someone in charge to get favors
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9.6
A person who flatters someone in power to get favors
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9.9
A person who praises someone in power to get benefits
A person who praises people in charge to get things they want
A person who praises someone in power to get advantages
A person who praises a boss to get a favor
A person who flatters people in charge to gain favor
A person at work who praises their boss too much to get favors
Antonyms
How Servile
Surface Forms
Etymology
Toady comes from the old phrase toad-eater, which called people who would pretend to eat toads to make others happy, and so a toady is a person who flatters or obeys someone powerful to gain favour.