sycophantic
1Sycophantic — 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… …
2sycophantic — index obsequious, sequacious, servile, subservient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3sycophantic — [[t]sɪ̱kəfæ̱ntɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as sycophantic, you disapprove of them because they flatter people who are more important and powerful than they are in order to gain an advantage for themselves. ...his… …
4sycophantic — syc|o|phan|tic [ˌsıkəˈfæntık] adj formal praising important or powerful people too much because you want to get something from them used in order to show disapproval ▪ sycophantic journalists ▪ a sycophantic letter >sycophancy [ˈsıkəfənsi] n… …
5sycophantic — adjective Date: 1676 of, relating to, or characteristic of a sycophant ; fawning, obsequious < sycophantic compliments > • sycophantically adverb …
6sycophantic — adjective his clique of sycophantic friends Syn: obsequious, servile, subservient, deferential, groveling, toadying, fawning, flattering, ingratiating, cringing, unctuous, slavish; informal smarmy, bootlicking, brown nosing …
7sycophantic — sycophant ► NOUN ▪ a person who flatters someone important in a servile way. DERIVATIVES sycophancy noun sycophantic adjective. ORIGIN originally denoting an informer: from Greek sukophant s, from sukon fig + phainein to show , perhaps with… …
8sycophantic — See sycophant. * * * …
9sycophantic — adjective /sɪkəˈfæntɪk/ given to obsequious flattery. See Also: sycophant …
10sycophantic — Synonyms and related words: abject, adulatory, backscratching, beggarly, bland, blandishing, blarneying, bootlicking, buttery, cajoling, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching, fair spoken, fawning, fine… …
