Making up to


Synonyms for making up to
verb make request, suggestion

feel
advise
greet
address
beseech
implore
tumble

propose
plead
confer
entreat
accost
consult
supplicate

thumb
appeal to
apply to
feel one out
give a play
give a tumble
make advance

make overture
make up to
sound out
speak to
take aside
talk to

Antonyms for making up to

distance
answer

depart
go away

leave

Synonyms
verb attempt to coax; flatter

wheedle
entice
seduce
tantalize
dupe
deceive
tempt
entrap
delude
crowd
urge
influence
soften

beguile
decoy
snow
jolly
blandish
soap
maneuver
lure
oil
banter
induce
sweet-talk
inveigle

stroke
mislead
bootlick
push
massage
con
brownnose
build up
butter up
soft-soap
apple polish
argue into
get around

get next to
hand a line
lay it on thick
make up to
play up to
rub the right way
spread it on
suck up to
sweeten up
work on
work over

Antonyms

dissuade
disgust
bully

repulse
turn off
disenchant

discourage
force
repel

Synonyms
verb ingratiate oneself to; serve

crouch
grovel
defer
kowtow
flatter
stroke
submit
toady
creep
cotton
pander
debase
snow

scrape
jolly
stoop
woo
cajole
abase
kneel
oil
invite
court
crawl
truckle
blandish

cower
yield
bow
slaver
cringe
massage
apple-polish
brownnose
butter up
curry favor
be at beck and call
be obsequious
be servile

buddy up
cater to
cave in to
fall all over
honey up
lay it on
lick boots
make up to
pay court
play up to
fall on one’s knees

Antonyms

deny
refuse
honor

ignore
reject
force

fight

Synonyms
verb abase, demean oneself

fawn
beseech
kowtow
pamper
flatter
creep
humor
stoop
implore
blandish
kneel

wheedle
crouch
snivel
court
crawl
truckle
cower
beg
bootlick
prostrate
cringe

revere
apple-polish
bow and scrape
butter up
yes
soft-soap
brown-nose
beg for mercy
cater to
eat crow
eat dirt

eat humble pie
fall all over
humble oneself
make much of
make up to
play up to
suck up to
kiss one’s feet

Antonyms

ignore
straighten

answer
boast

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