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A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apple polisher, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
քծնող
(kʻcnoġ)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Armenian:
շողոքորթ
(šoġokʻortʻ)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Armenian:
պնակալեզ
(pnakalez)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Azerbaijani:
yaltaq
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Bengali:
খয়ের খাঁ
(khoẏer khã)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Bengali:
চামচা
(camca)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Chinese Mandarin:
拍馬屁者 /拍马屁者
(pāimǎpì zhě)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Chinese Mandarin:
奴才
(núcái)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Czech:
patolízal
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Czech:
patolízalka
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Finnish:
saappaannuolija
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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French:
lèche-bottes
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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German:
Speichellecker
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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German:
Speichelleckerin
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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German:
Stiefellecker
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Greek:
γλύφτης
(glýftis)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Hindi:
चमचा
(camcā)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Hungarian:
talpnyaló
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Italian:
ruffiano
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Italian:
leccapiedi
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Kazakh:
жарбақ
(jarbaq)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Korean:
아첨꾼
(acheomkkun)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Lithuanian:
padlaižys
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Lithuanian:
batlaižys
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Lithuanian:
pataikūnas
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Malay:
penjilat
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Norwegian Bokmål:
spyttslikker
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
spyttslikkar
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Polish:
lizus
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Polish:
wazeliniarz
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Portuguese:
lambe-botas
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Portuguese:
puxa-saco
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Russian:
подхали́м
(podxalím)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Russian:
подхали́мка
(podxalímka)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Russian:
льстец
(lʹstec)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Russian:
лизоблю́д
(lizobljúd)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Russian:
лизоблю́дка
(lizobljúdka)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Slovak:
pätolizač
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Slovak:
pätolizačka
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Spanish:
lamebotas
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Spanish:
lamehuevos
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Spanish:
chupamedia
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Spanish:
chupamedias
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Spanish:
lambechorcha
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Spanish:
huelepedos (Mesoamerica)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Spanish:
lamebota
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Swedish:
rövslickare
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Swedish:
smilfink
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Thai:
ผู้สอพลอ
(pûu-sɔ̌ɔ-plɔɔ)
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Turkish:
dalkavuk
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Turkish:
yaltakçı
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Turkish:
çanak yalayan
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Turkish:
göt yalayan
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Vietnamese:
nịnh
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
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Vietnamese:
tiểu nhân
— person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
