- sycophantical
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Sycophantical — Sycophantic Syc o*phan tic, Sycophantical Syc o*phan tic*al, a. [Cf. Gr. ? slanderous.] Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sycophantical — See sycophantic. * * * … Universalium
sycophantical — tə̇kəl, tēk adjective Etymology: Greek sykophantikos + English al : sycophantic … Useful english dictionary
Sycophantic — Syc o*phan tic, Sycophantical Syc o*phan tic*al, a. [Cf. Gr. ? slanderous.] Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic. [1913 Webster] To be… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Todor Zhivkov — Infobox President | name=Todor Zhivkov Toдор Живков nationality=Bulgarian order=First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party term start=March 4, 1954 term end=November 10, 1989 predecessor=Vulko Chervenkov successor=… … Wikipedia
sycophant — sycophantic, sycophantical, sycophantish, adj. sycophantically, sycophantishly, adv. sycophantism, n. /sik euh feuhnt, fant , suy keuh /, n. a self seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite. [1530 40; < L sycophanta < Gk sykophántes informer,… … Universalium
obsequious — Synonyms and related words: abject, adulatory, ass kissing, backscratching, beggarly, bland, blandishing, blarneying, bootlicking, brown nosing, buttery, cajoling, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching,… … Moby Thesaurus
abject — adj 1. degrading, debasing, humiliating, humbling, mortifying; poor, beggarly, paltry, sorry, sad, pathetic, pathetical, piteous, pitiful, pitiable; shabby, shoddy, dirty, scruffy, scrubby, scurvy; miserable, squalid, stark, destitute, hopeless,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
cringing — adj 1. cowering, shrinking, quailing, blenching, flinching, wincing, starting, recoiling, shying, Inf. funking, Sl. mooching; shaking, trembling, quivering, Inf. shaking in one s boots or shoes. 2. servile, slavish, obsequious, Obs. obsequent,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
fawning — adj 1. servile, slavish, obsequious, Obs. obsequent, subservient, menial, Obs., Rare. vernile; submissive, docile, unassertive, compliant, acquiescent, deferential, Tomish, Uncle Tomish, tractable, mealy mouthed; groveling, crawling, creeping,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
