Crossword-Solution: BOOTLICKING
We have 1 clue for the answer “BOOTLICKING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ATTEMPTING TO WIN FAVOR FROM INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE BY FLATTERY | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,
whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by
a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the
body.
Hint 2 anagram
NETOOMI
Hint 3 another clue
A FEELING OF GREAT ELATION
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Sentences with BOOTLICKING (4)
But presently she noted that behind the personality that was pleased by this gross fawning and bootlicking there lay--lay in wait and on guard--another personality, one that despised these guests of his, estimating them at their true value and using them contemptuously for the gratification of his coarse appetites.
They believe that there is some special magic, some quick springboard to success; they mistakenly think that it can be won by bootlicking, apple-polishing, yessing higher authority, playing office politics, throwing weight around, ducking the issues, striving for cheap popularity, courting publicity or seeking any and all means of grabbing the spotlight.
There are degrees and qualities of attraction and absorption, varying from the amorous surrender with which Lafcadio Hearn took on Japanese form to the bootlicking flattery which Sven Hedin heaps on the Germans.
Short explains that all bootlicking fairies consider it good form to blacken the face on such occasions.
Quotes with BOOTLICKING (1)
Bootlicking is only a way to get published, not to become a writer