toady
noun
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
Example Sentences
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He toadied to his superiors, fought with his peers, and would never give credit to his juniors when he could claim it for himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
To keep Uganda economically afloat, Amin has toadied to oil-rich Arab states in return for financial aid; this could explain his fanatical anti-Israeli policy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Edouard gave Edouard a leg up into the Chamber of Deputies in 1919, and fora time Edouard toadied to Edouard in return.
From Time Magazine Archive
He would not toady others, and disliked being toadied himself.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various
At the very first blush of my new prosperity, the gentlemen who toadied me in the old, will recollect themselves and toady me again.
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
