toady
noun
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
Example Sentences
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The heads of those places have been fired or have stepped down, sometimes replaced by crypto industry toadies.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025
So how will the "usual suspects", the "softies", the "newbies" and the "toadies" shake down?
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
And today’s toadies, worshipers and opportunists may have some explaining to do to their descendants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
It skewers not only those who preach morality while practicing alternatives, but also the toadies and dupes who keep people like that in power.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2023
A movement among the group of toadies shewed me how this burlesque of my conduct was appreciated there, while Devinsky was grinning boastfully.
From By Right of Sword by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont
