Brownnose vs Brownnosed - What's the difference?
brownnose | brownnosed |
(idiomatic) One who brownnoses; one who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.
* 1997 Ulrich Herbert, Hitler's foreign workers: enforced foreign labor in Germany under the Third Reich, Cambridge University Press, p126
* 2007 Felicity Young, An Easeful Death, Fremantle Press, p13
* 2010 Joseph Morse, Gods of Ruin: A Political Thriller,'' p46
To flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion
(brownnose)
(idiomatic) One who brownnoses; one who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.
* 1997 Ulrich Herbert, Hitler's foreign workers: enforced foreign labor in Germany under the Third Reich, Cambridge University Press, p126
* 2007 Felicity Young, An Easeful Death, Fremantle Press, p13
* 2010 Joseph Morse, Gods of Ruin: A Political Thriller,'' p46
To flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion
As verbs the difference between brownnose and brownnosed
is that brownnose is to flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion while brownnosed is past tense of brownnose.As a noun brownnose
is one who brownnoses; one who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.brownnose
English
Noun
- A workmate reported the matter, "which is why the worker threatened to beat up the latter," calling him a "brownnose " and threatening to "wipe the floor with him."
- 'I know, he's a natural brownnose . I guess he does have some talents.'
- You don't have to be such a brownnose , at least not to me.
Verb
(brownnos)brownnosed
English
Verb
(head)brownnose
English
Noun
- A workmate reported the matter, "which is why the worker threatened to beat up the latter," calling him a "brownnose " and threatening to "wipe the floor with him."
- 'I know, he's a natural brownnose . I guess he does have some talents.'
- You don't have to be such a brownnose , at least not to me.