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Example sentences from the Web for sycophanticIt was clearly meant to be a sycophantic gesture, but the jape backfired like a blocked Victorian shotgun. Royal Cover-Up as Prince of Wales Shoots Owl (In 1896)|Tom Sykes|February 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST He could be petty and mean-spirited to subordinates, ingratiating and sycophantic to bosses and celebrities. The Only Sportscaster That Mattered: New Biography of Howard Cosell|Robert Lipsyte|November 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST The companies' management teams, meanwhile, were becoming inbred and sycophantic. The End of the Detroit Dream|Paul Ingrassia|January 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST A comic imitation of a sycophantic head waiter took him over. Courting Brando|Harold Evans|December 19, 2008|DAILY BEAST
That was said not vainly or presumptuously, but in reproof of sycophantic courtiers. Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers|Thomas De Quincey That the pastoral was forced to serve the menial part of a vehicle of sycophantic praise is less easily pardoned. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama|Walter W. Greg Business and professional men had long been groveling in sycophantic servility at the feet of "the clique." The Centralia Conspiracy|Ralph Chaplin The trusty had a silly, sycophantic manner of raising one hand in salute. The Financier|Theodore Dreiser His age may have been fifty; his air was mean and sycophantic. The Strolling Saint|Raphael Sabatini
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adjectiveusing flattery to win favour from individuals wielding influence; toadyish; obsequious Derived forms of sycophanticsycophantically, adverbWords nearby sycophanticsycon, syconium, syconoid, sycophancy, sycophant, sycophantic, sycosiform, sycosis, Sydenham, Sydenham's chorea, Sydney Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sycophanticsmarmy, disarming, charming, submissive, deferential, inferior, appreciative, congratulatory, respectful, polite, flattering, serving, insinuating, humble, crawling, toadying, humdrum, boring, base, low |