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toady

/ˈtəʊdi/noun

उच्चारण टोडी

चापलूस, चाटुकार, जी-हुज़ूरिया

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    [C] disapproving

    a person who treats somebody more important with too much respect in order to gain their favour

    चापलूस, चाटुकार, जी-हुज़ूरिया

    • The manager was surrounded by toadies who never disagreed with him.

    Synonyms sycophant flatterer lackey yes-man bootlicker

verbtoadies, toadied, toadying
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    [I] ~ (to sb) disapproving

    to treat somebody more important with too much respect in order to gain their favour

    चापलूसी करना, जी-हुज़ूरी करना

    • He spent the evening toadying to the chief guest.

    Synonyms fawn grovel kowtow flatter truckle

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

sycophant flatterer lackey yes-man bootlicker fawn grovel kowtow flatter truckle

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One-word substitution

A person who flatters powerful people to win favour is a toady or a sycophant.

प्रभावशाली लोगों की चापलूसी करके कृपा पाने वाले व्यक्ति को toady या sycophant कहते हैं।