🙇‍♂️toady (tóudi)

verb
/ˈtoʊdi/
adular (adular)

Meaning

to flatter or behave excessively subserviently toward someone for advantage
a person who acts obsequiously to gain favor; a sycophant
Traducción del significado
halagar o comportarse de manera excesivamente servil hacia alguien para obtener ventajas
halagar o comportarse de manera excesivamente servil hacia alguien para obtener ventajas

Oraciones de ejemplo

Stop toadying to the manager and speak your mind.

Deja de adular al gerente y expresa tu opinión.
Deja de adular al gerente y expresa tu opinión.

He was known as a toady who always agreed with the boss.

Él era conocido como un adulador que siempre estaba de acuerdo con el jefe.
Él era conocido como un adulador que siempre estaba de acuerdo con el jefe.

Expresiones de ejemplo

toady up to
adular a alguien
adular a alguien

Synonyms

flatter, fawn, grovel, brown-nose, bootlick, sycophant, flatterer, yes-man, bootlicker
Entrada 1
flatter, fawn, grovel, brown-nose, bootlick
Entrada 2
sycophant, flatterer, yes-man, bootlicker

Antonyms

criticize, resist, speak plainly, critic, opponent, independent thinker
Entrada 1
criticize, resist, speak plainly
Entrada 2
critic, opponent, independent thinker

Colocaciones

toady to the boss, shameless toady, toady up to, act like a toady, office toady, political toady
Entrada 1
toady to the boss, shameless toady, toady up to, act like a toady
Entrada 2
office toady, political toady

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