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PRONUNCIATION OF TOADYING

toadying  [ˈtəʊdɪɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOADYING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Toadying is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOADYING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of toadying in the English dictionary

The definition of toadying in the dictionary is the act of fawning on and flattering someone.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOADYING


accompanying
əˈkʌmpənɪɪŋ
annoying
əˈnɔɪɪŋ
bullying
ˈbʊlɪɪŋ
busybodying
ˈbɪzɪˌbɒdɪɪŋ
buying
ˈbaɪɪŋ
copying
ˈkɒpɪɪŋ
crying
ˈkraɪɪŋ
drying
ˈdraɪɪŋ
dying
ˈdaɪɪŋ
flying
ˈflaɪɪŋ
laying
ˈleɪɪŋ
lying
ˈlaɪɪŋ
outlying
ˈaʊtˌlaɪɪŋ
paying
ˈpeɪɪŋ
playing
ˈpleɪɪŋ
saying
ˈseɪɪŋ
self-parodying
ˌselfˈpærədɪɪŋ
trying
ˈtraɪɪŋ
underlying
ˌʌndəˈlaɪɪŋ
varying
ˈvɛərɪɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOADYING

toad
toad juice
toad spit
toad spittle
toad-in-the-hole
toadeater
toadfish
toadflax
toadied
toadies
toadish
toadless
toadlike
toadrush
toadstone
toadstool
toady
toadyish
toadyism

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOADYING

assisted dying
be dying
caddying
frying
go without saying
home-buying
horrifying
lobbying
multiplying
qualifying
role playing
role-playing
satisfying
spying
surveying
terrifying
that goes without saying
tying
undying
worrying

Synonyms and antonyms of toadying in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TOADYING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «toadying» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of toadying

Translation of «toadying» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOADYING

Find out the translation of toadying to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of toadying from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «toadying» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

toadying
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

toadying
570 millions of speakers

English

toadying
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

toadying
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التملق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подхалимаж
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bajulação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

toadying
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flagornerie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Toadying
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Speichelleckerei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

toadying
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

toadying
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Toadying
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

toadying
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடிவருடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेमळपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

toadying
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

toadying
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

toadying
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підлабузництво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

toadying
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

toadying
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toadying
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

toadying
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

toadying
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of toadying

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOADYING»

The term «toadying» is normally little used and occupies the 127.045 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOADYING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about toadying

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOADYING»

Discover the use of toadying in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to toadying and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Anatomy of Terror: Political Violence under Stalin
Comrade Zhuravlev, head of the oblast' Transport Department (and one of those mentioned by Stalin as being part of Vainov's 'tail') 5anctimoniously criticized ' eulogizing (voskhvalenie) and toadying (podkhalimstvo) at the previous ...
James Harris, 2013
2
Bizarre
What is said about toadying Englishmen, is true to a certain extent and in certain quarters ; but is there not in these quarters the same toadying of everything that has a foreign origin? We think so. We have fools among us, who bow with ...
‎1853
3
Bizarre: For Fireside and Wayside
What is said about toadying Englishmen, is true to a certain extent and in certain quarters ; but is there not in these quarters the same toadying of everything that has a foreign origin? We think so. We have fools among us, who bow with ...
Joseph M. Church, 1858
4
The Prince of Darkness: A Romance of the Blue Ridge
Suddenly she came up and stood panting with passion before him, saying — " Toadying ! You said toadying ! " " Yes, I said toadying ! and I cannot take back the word, because it expresses just what I mean, Helen, and I can think f,f no civiller ...
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, 1869
5
Outlaws Are Optional: Book Iv of the Cruickshank Chronicles
“Don't thank me lad!” Roger reached into the knapsack, retrieved a packet of sandwiches which, with elaborate care, he divided into two unequal portions. “ That's good toadying, Herbert,” he said, replacing the smaller portion in the knapsack, ...
David Mosey, 2004
6
Pucuk gunung es: kelisanan dan keberaksaraan dalam ...
Undeniably, Abdullah does his share of “toadying”, the splendid term used by Proudfoot (2000a:64) to describe the Munsyi's musings to the gallery prior to meeting Americans (and his future employer North) for the first time. This was carefully ...
Amin Sweeney, 2011
7
Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary
... luxurious 10apolaus- tic, hedonistic, voluptuous 13 self- indulgent sycophancy 7 calumny, scandal, slander 8 toadying 10 backbiting, defamation, detraction 12 backstabbing, belittlement, depreciation 13 disparagement sycophant 5 toady ...
‎1995
8
The Synonym Finder
2. subservience, obsequiousness; servility, ingratia tion, prostration, obeisance, abasement; truckling bowing, scraping, fawning, cowering, cringing, craw ing, toadying, Inf. bootlicking; self-effacement, sel surrender, self-abasement. obedient, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
9
Lord Gnome's Literary Companion
Toadying. the. line. Margaret Thatcher: The First Ten Years LADY OLGA MAITLAND (Sidgwick & Jackson) Margaret Thatcher: The Woman Within ANDREW THOMSON (W H Allen) Ybu might think there were already enough hagiographies of ...
Francis Wheen, 1996
10
Pygmalion
What'll youteach,inheaven's name? Liza. What you taughtme. I'llteach phonetics. Higgins. Ha! Ha!Ha! Liza. I'll offermyself as an assistant to Professor Nepean. Higgins [rising in afury] What! That impostor! that humbug! that toadying ignoramus!
George Bernard Shaw, 2013

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOADYING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term toadying is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Drake Melbourne review: Too much ground to cover to waste time …
Drake Melbourne review: Too much ground to cover to waste time toadying. Music. Date: February 28, 2015. (1); Read later ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
2
Ex-CBS reporter's tell-all book names names, nails Obama-toadying
Think what you will of investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson, but one thing is certain: Unlike many of her colleagues, the award-winning journalist was never a ... «BizPac Review, Oct 14»
3
As Labour's toadying to Gaddafi's torturers is revealed... My God, the …
Even before the fall of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's hateful regime, it was clear the last Labour Government had co-operated with the monster in all kinds of ... «Daily Mail, Sep 11»
4
PETER MCKAY: Why this toadying to Bush the bungler?
He's on the up and up - the subject of toadying interviews. One of them, by the Right-wing historian Andrew Roberts, says of 'American aristocrat' Bush: 'I've ... «Daily Mail, Nov 10»

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