sycophant
noun
a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
sycophantically
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a word derived from
sycophant.
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a word derived from
sycophantic.
sycophanticadjectiveusing flattery to win favour from individuals wielding influence; toadyish; obsequious
Example Sentences
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Haskell was sycophantically respectful toward parents to their faces but always plotted and schemed when their backs were turned.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2019
If the game was chess, the officers had to stand throughout, and Napoleon almost invariably lost unless the other player sycophantically threw the game.
From Time Magazine Archive
Deng himself sycophantically proclaimed high expectations for grain harvests: "We can all have as much as we want."
From Time Magazine Archive
In this first party congress since the death of Stalin, the men who sycophantically sang Stalin's praise alive now scorned him dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Someone in the crowd around the lifts called sycophantically, “Morning, Yaxley!”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
