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sycophant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ass-kisser, crawler, lackey, toady |
| Type of | adulator, flatterer |
| Has types | bootlicker, fawner, truckler, goody-goody, groveler, groveller, apple polisher |
| Derivation | sycophancy, sycophantic |
Examples of sycophant
sycophant
It backfired in ways Mr. Zardari and his sycophant advisors had not anticipated.
From the toledoblade.com
Third is a sycophant in raptures at the thought of prosecuting victims on the wing.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Another bright-eyed sycophant for whoever it is who really pulls the strings.
From the guardian.co.uk
Spoken like a true Tory sycophant, part of their viral media team are you?
From the guardian.co.uk
Larter uses a flick of her eyes to jump between stone-cold rage and whimpering sycophant.
From the washingtonpost.com
It's a big fat corporation, headed by a Sarkozy appointee and sycophant.
From the economist.com
Morgan is obviously nuthin'but a grovelling sycophant to that psychopathic tyrant, Mugaba.
From the economist.com
Are you an Oliver sycophant or the rude manager who gave us the demand?
From the theargus.co.uk
You make yourself, AND all your CACC-handed alarmism sycophant associates, a laughing stock.
From the independent.co.uk
- A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- (sycophantic) bootlicking: attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- (sycophancy) fawning obsequiousness
- (Sycophants) Sycophancy means: # flattery; servility. # False accusation; calumniation; talebearing. # The character or characteristic of a .
- One who uses compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential
- (sycophantic) given to obsequious flattery
- One who seeks wealth, power or influence from an accepted leader or leaders by undue flattery, adulation or servility.
- The dictionary defines this as a "servile flatterer," but you know them as a mindless kiss-ass. Because the entertainment industry is a vast arena of ideas, when it's time to be truly creative sycophants don't do well.
- One who excessively flatters those in authority.
