- sycophantic
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adjective
Date: 1676
of, relating to, or characteristic of a sycophant ; fawning, obsequious <sycophantic compliments> • sycophantically adverb
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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
sycophantic — index obsequious, sequacious, servile, subservient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sycophantic — [[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… … English dictionary
sycophantic — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sycophantic — adjective his clique of sycophantic friends Syn: obsequious, servile, subservient, deferential, groveling, toadying, fawning, flattering, ingratiating, cringing, unctuous, slavish; informal smarmy, bootlicking, brown nosing … Thesaurus of popular words
sycophantic — 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… … English terms dictionary
sycophantic — See sycophant. * * * … Universalium
sycophantic — adjective /sɪkəˈfæntɪk/ given to obsequious flattery. See Also: sycophant … Wiktionary
sycophantic — 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… … Moby Thesaurus
sycophantic — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. slavish, servile, subservient; see docile , obsequious … English dictionary for students
