toady
suomi-englanti sanakirjatoady englannista suomeksi
hännystelijä, mielistelijä, makeilija
hännystellä
toady englanniksi
A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
(synonyms)
(RQ:Scott Canongate)
(RQ:Dickens Great Expectations)
(quote-book)
(RQ:Woolf Room of One's Own)
(quote-journal) Trump and his toadies – including billionaires such as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy – will have total control over the executive branch of the United States government.
(quote-journal)|title=JD Vance: ‘despicable toady for Trump’ – and 2028 candidate in all but name|work=The Guardian|date=2026-01-18|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/jd-vance-profile-trump-presidency|issn=0261-3077|author2=Nick Robins-Early|passage=Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman turned Democrat, said: “He’s absolutely risen to the occasion: he’s a thoroughly despicable, dishonest toady for Donald Trump, and he’s doing it wonderfully.
A coarse, rustic woman.
To behave like a toady (toward someone). (+obj)
(syn)
(RQ:Hughes Tom Brown)
(quote-book)|title=The Simple Life Limited|passage=He had toadied to the late Mr William Morris: he had toadied to various members of the Fabian Society, he had toadied at first to the great Bransdon himself.
(RQ:Nabokov Lolita)
{{quote-text|en|year=1874|title=Transactions|issue=19|page=141
(diminutive of).