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Definition of Toadyish
1. Adjective. Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
Similar to: Insincere
Derivative terms: Obsequiousness, Sycophant
2. Adjective. Attempting to win favor by flattery.
Definition of Toadyish
1. Adjective. Sycophantic; fawning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toadyish
1. characteristic of one that toadies [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toadyish
Literary usage of Toadyish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"Let everybody learn the air, or some air that will do, and when a timid hostess
or a toadyish host is keeping a whole party waiting for an insolent and ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1885)
"Nature is always gracious— not to say toadyish — when the queen goes out ; she
puts on her best face, but is persistently and impertinently contemptuous of ..."
3. Greek Art on Greek Soil by James Mason Hoppin (1897)
"The Greek, while he idolizes rich travelers, as he supposes all to be who visit
Greece, especially Americans, is not toadyish, but preserves an erect and ..."
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