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18
flattering(adjective, kind, polite, stroke)
10
cringing(noun, adjective, mean, inferior)
8
grovelling(noun, adjective, mean, boring)
7
cajoling(adjective, flattering, ingratiating, sugarcoated)
7
kowtowing(adjective, compliant, flattering, deferential)
5
crawling(noun, adjective, flattering, sycophantic)
4
adulating(adjective, flattering)
4
cowering(adjective, inferior, compliant, submissive)
4
crouching
4
groveling(noun, adjective, miserable, wretched)
2
glorifying(adjective, flattering)
2
idolizing(adjective, flattering)
2
scraping(adjective, flattering, sycophantic, praising)
1
absorbing
1
believe
1
complimenting
1
extolling
0
accept
0
accredit
0
assume
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