sycophantic

sycophantic
adj
1. fawning, flattering, truckling, wheedling, toadying, toadyish, ingratiating, timeserving, sycophantical or sycophantish, Sl. bootlicking, Sl. footlicking, Sl. apple-polishing, Sl. brown-nosing, Obs. blanding, Obs., Rare. blandiloquous; buttery, candied, unctuous, honey-mouthed, sweet-talking, Rare. blandiloquent.
2. slavish, servile, obsequious, Obs. obsequent, subservient, menial, Obs., Rare. vernile; submissive, docile, unassertive, compliant, acquiescent, deferential, tractable, mealy-mouthed; prostrate, kowtowing, obeisant, on one's knees; abject, base, mean, beggarly, beggared; groveling, crawling, crouching, slithering; squirming, cringing, cowering; whining, whimpering, sniveling.

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  • 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 Date: 1676 of, relating to, or characteristic of a sycophant ; fawning, obsequious < sycophantic compliments > • sycophantically adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 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

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