obsequious person

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• brown-nose — verb flatter with the intention of getting something • Syn: ↑butter up • Hypernyms: ↑flatter, ↑blandish • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody Sam cannot brown nose Sue * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• chamcha — [ tʃʌmtʃə] noun Indian informal an obsequious person. Origin from Bengali and Hindi chamra, cham, lit. skin, hide (perh. from the idea of an obsequious person staying very close to a superior) …   English new terms dictionary

• brownnose — brown·nose or brown nose (brounʹnōz ) tr.v. Informal brown·nosed, brown·nos·ing, brown·nos·es To curry favor with in an obsequious manner; fawn on.   [From the image of an obsequious person whose nose becomes soiled in kissing the rump of someone …   Universalium

• flunkey — n. [Written also Flunky.] 1. Lackey, livery servant. 2. Mean fellow, mean spirited person, obsequious person, toady, snob, tuft hunter. 3. (Colloq., U. S.) Dupe (in buying stocks) …   New dictionary of synonyms

• kiss-ass — noun An obsequious person …   Wiktionary

• blandisher — n. flatterer, sycophant, obsequious person …   English contemporary dictionary

• blandishers — n. flatterer, sycophant, obsequious person …   English contemporary dictionary

• scrape shoe — sycophant, one who flatters, obsequious person …   English contemporary dictionary

• bootlicker — noun informal an obsequious person. Derivatives bootlicking noun …   English new terms dictionary

• lackey — noun (plural lackeys) 1》 a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant. 2》 a servile or obsequious person. 3》 a brownish moth whose caterpillars live in groups in a silken shelter. [Malacosoma neustria.] verb (lackeys, lackeying,… …   English new terms dictionary

• poodle — noun 1》 a dog of a breed with a curly coat that is usually clipped. 2》 Brit. a servile or obsequious person. verb Brit. informal move or travel in a leisurely manner. Origin C19: from Ger. Pudel(hund), from Low Ger. pud(d)eln splash in water (the …   English new terms dictionary