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brown-nosing

adjective as in fawning

Strongest match

flattering

Strong matches

bootlicking
bowing
cowering
crawling
cringing
humble
ingratiating
kowtowing
prostrate
scraping
sniveling

Weak matches

abject
adulatory
compliant
mealy-mouthed
obsequious
parasitic
servile
slavish
spineless
submissive
subservient
sycophant
sycophantic

adjective as in obsequious

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