'Sycophantic' definitions:
Definition of 'sycophantic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery [syn: bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish]
adjective
Definition of 'Sycophantic'
From: GCIDE
- Sycophantic \Syc`o*phan"tic\, Sycophantical \Syc`o*phan"tic*al\, a. [Cf. Gr. ? slanderous.] Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic. [1913 Webster]
- To be cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Sycophantic servants to the King of Spain. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sycophantic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abject,
- adulatory,
- backscratching,
- beggarly,
- bland,
- blandishing,
- blarneying,
- bootlicking,
- buttery,
- cajoling,
- complimentary,
- courtierly,
- courtly,
- cowering,
- crawling,
- cringing,
- crouching,
- fair-spoken,
- fawning,
- fine-spoken,
- flattering,
- footlicking,
- fulsome,
- groveling,
- gushing,
- hangdog,
- honey-mouthed,
- honey-tongued,
- honeyed,
- ingratiating,
- insincere,
- insinuating,
- kowtowing,
- mealymouthed,
- obeisant,
- obsequious,
- oily,
- oily-tongued,
- on bended knee,
- parasitic,
- prostrate,
- slimy,
- slobbery,
- smarmy,
- smooth,
- smooth-spoken,
- smooth-tongued,
- sniveling,
- soapy,
- soft-soaping,
- sponging,
- timeserving,
- toadeating,
- toadying,
- toadyish,
- truckling,
- unctuous,
- wheedling