lickspittle
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˈlɪk.spɪt.əl/us/ˈlɪk.spɪt̬.əl/apersonwhopraisesandtriestopleasepeopleinauthority, usually inorderto get someadvantagefrom them:
低三下四的奉承者，谄媚者He is a lickspittle whofawnsbefore hisaristocraticemployers.他是一个马屁精，给他有钱的雇主不断献殷勤。
- He has to say things like thatoccasionallyso hisfansdon't take him for anestablishmentlickspittle.
- Theeditorwasdenouncedas acorporatelickspittle by much of thejournalisticworld.
- Theselawyersaregovernmenthacksand lickspittles, whodemonstratetheirloyaltytotheirgovernmentsbydefendingtheunconscionable.
- Theysurroundthemselves withhiredflatterersand lickspittles.
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- backhanded compliment
- bootlicker
- bow and scrapeidiom
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flummery
- glad-handing
- grovel
- hagiographic
- idealization
- obsequious
- people pleaser
- play up tosomeone
- schmooze
- servile
- slobber
- toady
- toadying
- unctuous