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Antonyms for bootlickingbootlick·ing

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  1. bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyishadjective

    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

    Antonyms:
    unservile, sincere, unsubmissive

    Synonyms:
    obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish, fawning

  2. bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyishadjective

    attempting to win favor by flattery

    Antonyms:
    unservile, unsubmissive, sincere

    Synonyms:
    obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish, fawning

How to use bootlicking in a sentence?

  1. Raneshwar Sing Kishan:

    Government has been again successful in creating chaos through the farmers leaders in the protest where only poor farmers are being beaten by criminals wearing the uniform of cops. Bootlicking mainstream media as usual showing distorted picture of the ground.

  2. Raneshwar Sing Kishan:

    The role of many youtubers news channel is also under suspicion and big question mark in the Farmers protest as they seem bias and sometimes tactfully defending and praising some bootlicking mainstream media channel and even not asking questions as they should about the credibility of topmost farmers leaders.

  3. Raneshwar Sing Kishan:

    Countrymen are saddened by bootlicking media who continue to spread fake news through its homepage and channel and praise politicians who insult national flag

  4. Raneshwar Sing Kishan:

    Filmy style is used by Govt to snub the voice of dissentors. Send own Goondas in the midst of villages to pelt stone on protestors and to make them clash and bootlicking media covers the picture through camera in such a way that it misguide viewers

  5. Raneshwar Sing Kishan:

    The fate and future of social media news channel is in deep darkness the way the atrocity has increased of Govt and the manner in which free journalists are being framed in false charges. Mainstream media is enjoying bootlicking.

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