🙇‍♂️toady (toʊdi)

verb
/ˈtoʊdi/
lèche-bottes (leche-bottes)

Signification

to flatter or behave excessively subserviently toward someone for advantage
a person who acts obsequiously to gain favor; a sycophant
Traduction de la signification
flatter ou se comporter de manière excessivement servile envers quelqu'un pour obtenir un avantage
flatter ou se comporter de manière excessivement servile envers quelqu'un pour obtenir un avantage

Phrases d'exemple

Stop toadying to the manager and speak your mind.

Arrête de lécher les bottes du manager et dis ce que tu penses.
Arrête de lécher les bottes du manager et dis ce que tu penses.

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

Il était connu comme un lèche-bottes qui était toujours d'accord avec le patron.
Il était connu comme un lèche-bottes qui était toujours d'accord avec le patron.

Expressions d'exemple

toady up to
flatter quelqu'un
flatter quelqu'un

Synonymes

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

Antonymes

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

Collocations

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

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