ruffiano — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bootlicker noun A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
- creep verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
- pander verb To act in a way that indulges or appeals to someone's weaknesses, desires, or lower tastes, often for personal gain.
- pimp noun A person who arranges clients for prostitutes and takes a share of their earnings.
- sycophant noun Someone who flatters a powerful person constantly in order to gain favour from them.
- toady noun Someone who flatters and fawns over others, especially those in power, to gain favor.
Senses
ruffiano is used for these senses in English:
- bootlicker (derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
- creep (informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
- hanger-on Someone who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service.
- pimp Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
- sycophant One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
- toady A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
bootlicker — full definition
- noun A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
- noun Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
creep — full definition
- verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
- verb To change or increase very gradually, often in an unwelcome way.
- noun An unpleasant or unsettling person, especially one who behaves in a sexually inappropriate way.