earwig
noun
1 earwig
Any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen.
Roget 935:
flatterer,
adulator;
eulogist,
euphemist;
optimist,
encomiast,
laudator [Lat.],
whitewasher.
toady,
toadeater†;
sycophant,
courtier,
Sir Pertinax MacSycophant;
flaneur [Fr.],
proneur [Fr.];
puffer,
touter†,
claqueur [Fr.];
clawback†,
earwig,
doer of dirty work;
parasite,
hanger-on
etc.
(servility)
886.
yes-man,
suckup,
ass-kisser [Vulg.],
brown-noser [Vulg.],
teacher's pet.
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Dutch: oorworm
Polish: skorek, cęgosz
verb
Roget 933:
flatter,
praise to the skies,
puff;
wheedle,
cajole,
glaver†,
coax;
fawn upon,
faun upon;
humor,
gloze,
soothe,
pet,
coquet,
slaver,
butter;
jolly [U.S.];
bespatter,
beslubber†,
beplaster†,
beslaver†;
lay it on thick,
overpraise;
earwig,
cog,
collogue†;
truckle to,
pander to,
pandar to†,
suck up to,
kiss the ass of [Vulg.],
pay court to;
court;
creep into the good graces of,
curry favor with,
hang on the sleeve of;
fool to the top of one's bent;
lick the dust.
lay the flattering unction to one's soul,
gild the pill,
make things pleasant.
overestimate
etc.
482;
exaggerate
etc.
549.
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