3 definitions
for sycophantic
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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 cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite.
--South.
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Sycophantic servants to the King of Spain. --De
Quincey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
sycophantic
adj : attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
[syn: bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, toadyish]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "sycophantic":
abject, adulatory, backscratching, beggarly, bland, blandishing,
blarneying, bootlicking, buttery, cajoling, complimentary,
courtierly, courtly, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching,
fair-spoken, fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, footlicking,
fulsome, groveling, gushing, hangdog, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued,
honeyed, ingratiating, insincere, insinuating, kowtowing,
mealymouthed, obeisant, obsequious, oily, oily-tongued,
on bended knee, parasitic, prostrate, slimy, slobbery, smarmy,
smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, sniveling, soapy,
soft-soaping, sponging, timeserving, toadeating, toadying,
toadyish, truckling, unctuous, wheedling
