flatterer
Roget category 935
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.2. Moral sentiments
#935.
Flatterer
noun
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.
phrase
pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes [Lat.]
[Tacitus].
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