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  • 21servile — adj 1. slavish, obsequious, Obs. obse quent, subservient, menial, Obs., Rare. vernile; submissive, docile, unassertive, compliant, acquiescent, deferential, Tomish, Uncle Tomish, tractable, mealy mouthed; prostrate, obeisant, on one s knees;… …

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  • 22slavish — adj 1. servile, subservient, subject, menial, enslaved, in bonds or bondage, in harness; submissive, docile, subdued, restrained, resigned, compliant, deferential, tractable, mealy mouthed, obsequious, Obs. obsequent, Obs., Rare. vernile; abject …

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  • 23subservient — adj 1. subordinate, subaltern, junior, lower; secondary, auxiliary, accessory, ancillary, subsidiary; inferior, second class, less than, below, under; dependent, subject, under [s.o. s] thumb. 2. servile, obsequious, Obs. obsequent, submissive;… …

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  • 24sycophantic — adj 1. fawning, flattering, truckling, wheedling, toadying, toadyish, ingratiating, timeserving, sycophantical or sycophantish, Sl. bootlicking, Sl. footlicking, Sl. apple polishing, Sl. brown nosing, Obs. blanding, Obs., Rare. blandiloquous;… …

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  • 25toadyish — adj 1. sycophantic, sycophantical, sycophantish, fawning, flattering, truckling, wheedling, toadying; ingratiating, timeserving, Inf. bootlicking, Sl. apple polishing, Sl. brown nosing, Obs., Rare. blandiloquous; buttery, candied, unctuous, oily …

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  • 26sycophant — [sik′ə fənt, sik′əfant΄] n. [L sycophanta < Gr sykophantēs, informer, lit., maker of the sign of the fig < sykon, fig + phainein, to show: see FANTASY] a person who seeks favor by flattering people of wealth or influence; parasite; toady… …

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  • 27sycophantishly — adverb see sycophantish * * * sycˈophantishly adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑sycophant …

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