panders
Gratifies low instincts
Panders means caters to base desires or weaknesses, often in a calculated or cynical way.
A politician who panders tells audiences what they want to hear rather than what's true.
A movie that panders relies on cheap thrills instead of substance.
The ad campaign panders to fears about crime.
The word carries strong disapproval—it suggests sacrificing integrity for approval or profit.
Satisfy a craving
- gratifyGive satisfaction to
- satisfyMeet a need fully
- accommodateProvide for or adjust
- appeaseSatisfy to restore calm
please · humor · cater · kowtow · yield · serve · feed · stoop
Obsequious behavior toward authority
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
ingratiation · toadyism · smarm · blarney · overpraise · soft-soap · schmooze · unctuousness
indulge
Satisfy a craving
- gratifyGive satisfaction to
- satisfyMeet a need fully
- accommodateProvide for or adjust
appease · please · humor · cater · kowtow · yield · serve · feed · stoop · succumb
sycophancy
Obsequious behavior toward authority
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
sweet-talk · ingratiation · toadyism · smarm · blarney · overpraise · soft-soap · schmooze · unctuousness · smooth-talking
manipulate
Control through clever influence
corrupt · profiteer · scheme · coerce · pimp · procure · traffic · prostitute · debase · degrade
pimp
Prostitution manager
- procureObtain through effort
- go-betweenAgent connecting separate parties
- facilitateMake something easier
arrange · solicit · tout · hustle · traffic · supply · provide · connect · promote · purvey
panderschallenges
Difficulties requiring effort
confronts · upsets · provokes · demands · pushes back