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toadying

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noun

toadying

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verb

present participle of toady

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for toadying
Adjective
  • Republicans insist Zelenskyy hasn’t been sufficiently obsequious to the United States, which is a point Vance hammered.
    The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
  • There were cover stories on him and obsequious profiles.
    Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Hierarchies breed a hell of a lot of sycophancy and resentment, and this one is no different.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Groupthink and sycophancy played a role in Iraqi decision-making, the records show, but not as much as might have been expected.
    Amatzia Baram, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2012
Adjective
  • The bad behavior now is that of an erratic and volatile president, sycophantic and inexperienced Cabinet secretaries, an absentee Congress and financial market players beset with delusional expectations of bailouts.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Her circle of slightly sycophantic colleagues (Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloe Sevigny) tout her brilliance, even as her reckless former lover Garfield pushes boundaries verbally and, eventually, physically.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While the church itself is small, the views from the hilltop around the place of worship spread out for miles.
    Carolyn Heller, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The groups sought a preliminary order barring ICE staff from various places of worship while the full lawsuit went ahead.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Joseph Lawrence, whose adoration of his first wife blinds him to all other women, is getting dragged to the strip club.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025
  • TikTok users were quick to share their adoration of the special moment.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • So Alex dons a uniform, buses tables and engages in servile labor for the first time in her life.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Trump’s servile devotion to Putin becomes the new norm overnight as Republicans cower in support of Trump’s new Putin policy.
    Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Empathy rather than the idolatry of power will actually make our nation strong.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Miracle workers, moreover, often become the subjects of so much popular devotion that their authority can begin to approach idolatry or rival that of the Church itself.
    Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • More importantly to the court proceedings that would follow in later decades, the group stressed that women are subservient to men, a belief that William wholeheartedly embraced, his ex-wife says.
    Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
  • So essentially, Hera takes this subservient position as a compromise to keep reality from crumbling.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Toadying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toadying. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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