Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

00880978-v 'try to gain favor by cringing or flattering'; V1;

English	fawn ( ⊳ ) , toady ( ⊳ ) , truckle ( ⊳ ⊳ ) , bootlick ( ⊳ ) , kowtow ( ⊳ ) , kotow ( ⊳ ) , suck up
Indonesian	ampu , sembah sujud
Japanese	おだてあげる

Definitions

English: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
― He is always kowtowing to his boss
Japanese: こびるか、よく見せることによって好意を得ようとする
― 彼は、ボスに常にへつらっている

Relations

Verb Frames

Somebody ----s PP;

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ ▲ ▷ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.716; Future: 0.001)

SentiWN: ▲ ▽ (+0.12 -0.00) MLSentiCon: ▲ ▼ (+0.25 -0.25)