sycophantic

English

Etymology

From sycophant +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭk-ə-făn'tĭk, IPA^(key): /sɪkəˈfæntɪk/

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• Rhymes: -æntɪk

Adjective

sycophantic (comparative more sycophantic, superlative most sycophantic)

1. Excessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.
   • September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     when the princess’s former nanny Marion Crawford, “Crawfie”, published an entirely anodyne and sycophantic memoir in 1950, she was cast into outer darkness by the family.

Related terms

• sycophant

Translations

obsequious, flattering, toadying

• Czech: patolízalský
• Danish: slesk
• Dutch: pluimstrijkend (nl), kruiperig (nl), vleierig (nl)
• German: kriecherisch, unterwürfig
• Polish: służalczy (pl)
• Russian: льсти́вый (ru) (lʹstívyj)
• Spanish: zalamero (es)
• Swedish: lismande (sv), smickrande (sv), len i munnen
• Turkish: yaltakçı (tr)