verb as in strong fondness

Strongest matches

sycophant, stooge, fawning

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Example Sentences

Example:He was nothing more than a sycophant to the CEO.

Definition:a person who goes out of their way to win the favor of someone of higher status, especially by flattering them.

From sycophant

Example:He will do anything his boss tells him, he's such a stooge.

Definition:an unthinking, obsequious person; a tool or agent of another's will.

From stooge

Example:She treated her mother to a fawning dinner party at a restaurant.

Definition:showing too great a desire to please someone.

From fawning