attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery[syn: bootlicking ]

attempting to win favor by flattery[syn: bootlicking ]

adjective

aloof , cool , disinterested , proud , unfriendly

adjective

abject , adulatory , bootlicking , bowing , brownnosing , compliant , cowering , crawling , cringing , flattering , humble , ingratiating , kowtowing , mealy-mouthed , obsequious , parasitic , prostrate , scraping , servile , slavish , sniveling , spineless , submissive , subservient , sycophant , sycophantic