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1 flagornerie
flagornerie [flagɔʀnəʀi]feminine noun* * *flagɔʀnəʀinom féminin toadying [U], sycophantic behaviour [BrE] [U]* * *flaɡɔʀnəʀi nftoadying, fawning* * *flagornerie nf toadying ¢, sycophantic behaviourGB ¢.[flagɔrnəri] nom féminin -
2 flatterie
flatterie [flatʀi]feminine noun* * *flatʀinom féminin flattery [U]de basses flatteries — toadying [U]
* * *flatʀi nf* * *flatterie nf flattery ¢; être sensible à la flatterie or aux flatteries to be susceptible to flattery; de basses flatteries toadying ¢.[flatri] nom féminin1. [adulation] flattery2. [propos] flattering remark -
3 flagorneur
flaɡɔʀnœʀ, øz nm/f (-euse)toady, fawner* * *flagorneur, - euseA adj [personne] toadying, sycophantic; [discours, article] fulsome.B nm,f toady, sycophant., flagorneuse [flagɔrnɶr, øz] nom masculin, nom féminin -
4 prosternation
pʀɔstɛʀnasjɔ̃2) fig self-abasement* * *pʀɔstɛʀnasjɔ̃ nf* * *1 lit prostration (devant before);2 fig self-abasement (devant in front of).[prɔstɛrnasjɔ̃] nom féminin,prosternement [prɔstɛrnəmɑ̃] nom masculin2. (figuré & littéraire) toadying
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toadying — index obsequious, sequacious, subservient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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obsequious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. abject, fawning, sycophantic, cringing, servile, truckling, compliant. See servility, respect. Ant., dominant. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. docile, submissive, cringing, slavish, sycophantic,… … English dictionary for students
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