4
grovelling(verb, adjective)
4
honeyed(adjective, kind, sweet, polite, gracious)
4
mealy-mouthed(adjective, excessive, flattery, immoderate, sycophantic)
4
menial
4
soapy
3
approving(verb, kind, polite, respectful, admiring)
3
ass-licking
3
beautiful(fair, attractive, welcome, fetching)
3
blarneying
3
boot-licking
3
brown-nosing
3
commendatory(adjective, kind, polite, respectful, admiring)
3
crawling(adjective, soft, humble, charming, sycophantic)
3
enhancing(adjective, fair, attractive, welcome, fetching)
3
flattery(noun, adulation, servility, submissiveness, sycophancy)
3
groveling(verb, adjective, compliant, deferential, sycophantic)
3
insincere
3
insinuating(slippery, sycophantic, obsequious, greasy, fatty)
3
praising(verb, adjective, sycophantic, admiring, praising)
3
smooth-tongued
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