toady
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
to be the toady to.
to be a toady.
Origin of toady
1Other words for toady
Other words from toady
- toad·y·ish, adjective
- toad·y·ism, noun
- un·toad·y·ing, adjective
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How to use toady in a sentence
Prominent among them were Bull and his toadying little friend, Baby Edwards.
A Cadet's Honor | Upton SinclairBull Harris smiled benignly upon his toadying echo, while the rest of the gang nodded approvingly.
A Cadet's Honor | Upton SinclairThe toadying beast is even trying to curry favour by saying that your copyhold is for life only, and that your fine is uncertain.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century | Richard Henry TawneyThe biggest thing I've had against him was not his knifing me but his apparent toadying to the rich and influential.
Red Pepper's Patients | Grace S. RichmondSnobbism is not confined to the toadying of the rich, but is quite as often displayed in the toadying of the poor.
Character | Samuel Smiles
British Dictionary definitions for toady
/ (ˈtəʊdɪ) /
a person who flatters and ingratiates himself or herself in a servile way; sycophant
to fawn on and flatter (someone)
Origin of toady
1Derived forms of toady
- toadyish, adjective
- toadyism, noun
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