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79 entries under adjective topic. ×
| fawning(verb, compliant, flattering, deferential) | |
| groveling(verb, compliant, flattering, deferential) | |
| bowing(noun, verb, greeting, flattering) | |
| flattering(verb, compliant, flattering, deferential) | |
| deferential(compliant, flattering, sycophantic, toadying) | |
| submissive(compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic) | |
| toadying(noun, pleasure, attention, kindness) | |
| cajoling(verb, flattering) | |
| curtsying(noun, verb, greeting, servile) | |
| genuflecting(verb, servile, complying) | |
| grovelling | |
| obsequious(submissive, flattering, sycophantic, toadying) | |
| servile(compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic) | |
| slavish(compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic) | |
| subservient(compliant, flattering, deferential, sycophantic) | |
| truckling | |
| yielding(verb, servile, complying) | |
| adulating(verb, flattering) | |
| cringing(verb, compliant, flattering, deferential) | |
| sycophantic(compliant, flattering, deferential, toadying) |
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