TOADIED

TOADY

fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up

(verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; “He is always kowtowing to his boss”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

toadied

simple past tense and past participle of toady

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


TOADY

Toad"y, n.; pl. Toadies. Etym: [Shortened from toadeater.]

1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant. Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs. Dickens.

2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

Toad"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toadied; p. pr. & vb. n. Toadying.]

Definition: To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 March 2025

THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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