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fawning(verb, compliant, flattering, deferential)
7
groveling(verb, compliant, flattering, deferential)
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bowing(noun, verb, greeting, flattering)
6
flattering(verb, compliant, flattering, deferential)
5
deferential(compliant, flattering, sycophantic, toadying)
5
submissive(compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic)
5
toadying(noun, pleasure, attention, kindness)
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cajoling(verb, flattering)
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curtsying(noun, verb, greeting, servile)
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genuflecting(verb, servile, complying)
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grovelling
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obsequious(submissive, flattering, sycophantic, toadying)
4
servile(compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic)
4
slavish(compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic)
4
subservient(compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic)
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truckling
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yielding(verb, servile, complying)
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adulating(verb, flattering)
3
cringing(verb, compliant, flattering, deferential)
3
sycophantic(compliant, flattering, deferential, toadying)
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