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  • 41Affectation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Affectation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 affectation affectation Sgm: N 1 affectedness affectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 acting a part acting a part &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 pretense pretense &c.(falsehood) 544 …

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  • 42Servility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Servility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 servility servility Sgm: N 1 slavery slavery &c.(subjection) 749 Sgm: N 1 obsequiousness obsequiousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 subserviency subserviency Sgm: N 1 abasement …

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  • 43blarney — 1796, from Blarney Stone (which is said to make a persuasive flatterer of any who kiss it), in a castle near Cork, Ireland; reached wide currency through Lady Blarny, the smooth talking flatterer in Goldsmith s Vicar of Wakefield (1766). As a… …

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  • 44wheedler — n. 1. Flatterer, coaxer. 2. Sycophant, parasite, fawner, toady, flunky, spaniel, lick spittle, pick thank, toad eater, time server, hanger on, mean flatterer …

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  • 45adulator — n toady, toadeater, sycophant, flatterer, fawner, fawning flatterer, truckler, tufthunter, courtier, backslapper, timeserver, apple polisher, Sl. brown nose, Archaic. pickthank; flunky, lackey, yes man, jackal, bootlick, lickspittle, Uncle Tom,… …

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  • 46fawner — n toady, toadeater, sycophant, flatterer, fawning flatterer, truckler, tufthunter, courtier, wheedler, puffer, backslapper, backscratcher, time server, Inf. apple polisher, Sl. brown nose, Sl. brown noser, Sl. brownie, Obs., Rare. blander,… …

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  • 47leech — n 1. bloodsucker, Sl. bleeder, extortioner, extortionist, usurer, Shylock. 2. parasite, Inf. sponge or sponger, Sl. mooch or moocher, Inf. freeloader, hanger on, barnacle, bur, appendage; courtier, minion, follower, attendant, satellite; flunky,… …

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  • 48lickspittle — n toady, sycophant, toadeater, tuft hunter, fawning flatterer, truckler; flatterer, backslap per, backscratcher, timeserver, Inf. apple polisher, Sl. brown nose, Sl. brown noser, Sl. brownie, Obs., Rare. blander, Archaic. pickthank; parasite,… …

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  • 49parasite — n 1. bloodsucker, Sl. bleeder, Biol.en tozoon, cestode, louse, plant louse; barnacle, bur, appendage. 2. leech, Inf. sponge or sponger, Sl. mooch or moocher, Inf. freeloader, hanger on, Inf. panhandler; courtier, minion, follower, attendant,… …

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  • 50sponger — n Informal. parasite, Inf. sponge, scrounge or scrounger, Sl. mooch or moocher, Yiddish. schnor rer, Inf. freeloader; borrower, cadger, Inf. four flusher, Sl. bum, beggar, Inf. panhandler; leech, hanger on, barnacle, bur, appendage; courtier,… …

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