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Synonyms for kowtow
ˈkaʊˈtaʊ, -ˌtaʊ, ˈkoʊ-kow·tow
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Princeton's WordNet
kowtow, kotowverb
a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
Synonyms:
kotowscrape, kowtow, genuflectverb
bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
Synonyms:
scrape up, truckle, scratch up, bootlick, fawn, come up, kotow, suck up, scrape, scratch, toady, grate, skin, genuflectfawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck upverb
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
"He is always kowtowing to his boss"
Synonyms:
soak up, sidle up, cower, cotton up, sop up, bootlick, fawn, cozy up, imbibe, crawl, draw, grovel, shine up, absorb, cringe, take up, truckle, take in, suck, play up, kotow, scrape, creep, genuflect, suck up, toady
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| #1509 | skin | |
| #3350 | draw | |
| #3373 | suck | |
| #7665 | scratch | |
| #14216 | crawl | |
| #15816 | absorb | |
| #18621 | creep | |
| #30821 | fawn | |
| #32424 | scrape | |
| #33184 | grate | |
| #43010 | cringe | |
| #102486 | cower | |
| #116571 | grovel | |
| #127434 | imbibe | |
| #128894 | toady | |
| #205178 | genuflect | |
| #207328 | kowtow | |
| #275633 | truckle |
How to use kowtow in a sentence?
He tries to equate laws like voter ID, that are supported by the majority of every racial group, with genocide. What he is doing is covering for a nation that has a systematic program of beating, torturing, raping and murdering Uyghur Muslims. And he insanely compares that to America, the most free nation on Earth, eSPN, like its corporate owners Disney, has gone out of its way to kowtow to China.
I will never kowtow to the Chinese Communist Party.
Clinton's economic policy speech reflects a very clear understanding that the Democratic Party and the vast majority of the American people want a president who will fight alongside … Elizabeth Warren and refuse to kowtow to wealthy and powerful interests on Wall Street.
Now more than ever, we need strong conservative Senators who will not kowtow to the angry liberal mob that is tearing apart the fabric of the America we love. President Trump won't stand for it, and neither will I.
That is really dangerous, because now, all of a sudden, everyone’s got to kowtow to one opinion.
Translations for kowtow
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- ركع, تملق, سجدArabic
- knien, zu Kreuze kriechen, KotauGerman
- prosternarse, postrarseSpanish
- خم شدنPersian
- syvään, kumarrella, kumartaa, tehdä, kumarrus, nöyristelläFinnish
- kowtow, se prosterner, s'agenouillerFrench
- לְהִתְרַפֵּסHebrew
- 叩頭, 叩頭く, 土下座Japanese
- 머리를 조아리다, 고두Korean
- buigen, aanpassen, kotau, zich, onderdanig, zijn, diep, knielen, buigingDutch
- kowtowNorwegian
- делать низкий поклон, преклоняться, коутоу, пресмыкаться, поклон, делать коутоу, раболепствоватьRussian
- koutouSwedish
- khúm núm, quỵ luỵ, quỳ lạy, khấu đầuVietnamese
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