sycophantish
- a word derived from sycophant.
Example Sentences
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Mr. McQueen dressed the rich, but unlike so many in fashion, his relationship to them was hardly sycophantish.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2011
“No offense,” I say, with a terrible, sycophantish smile, and tip an imaginary hat.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
To praise him directly might seem sycophantish and fulsome to the Prince himself.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
Let sycophantish slave kotoo; You love not such display; Let courtiers cringe and creatures "boo."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 14, 1891 by Various
Well versed in all the petty arts of a mean and sycophantish court, Father Asrát had held during two successive reigns the snug office of confessor to the royal family.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
