people pleaser
noun[C]
oftendisapprovinguk/ˈpiː.pəl ˌpliː.zər/us/ˈpiː.pəl ˌpliː.zɚ/someone whocaresa lot about whether otherpeoplelike them, and alwayswantsotherstoapproveoftheiractions:
希望取悦他人的人Before thetrainingshe had been apeoplepleaser who wasn'tassertiveenough.在参加培训之前，她是一个总希望取悦他人的人。
Ilearnednot topayattentiontoothers'opinionsof me because Iknowthat I'm apeoplepleaser.我学会了不理会别人对我的看法，因为我知道我太想要取悦别人。
- I was apeoplepleaser andlistenedto everyone else'sproblems, but I didn'ttalk.
- He's apeoplepleaser; he's justhorrifiedifpeopledon'tlovehim.
- Shehesitatedtofollowher ownpathbecause she's apeoplepleaser and she didn'twanttohurtanybody.
- People pleasersfindit hard to say no, they put themselves down andtrytoimprovethemselves togainlove.
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- backhanded compliment
- bootlicker
- bow and scrapeidiom
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flummery
- glad-handing
- grovel
- hagiographic
- idealization
- massagesomeone'segoidiom
- obsequious
- play up tosomeone
- schmooze
- servile
- slobber
- toady
- toadying
- unctuous
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