adjective
- behaving in an overly flattering way toward someone important in order to gain advantage
Usage: often disapproving
Examples
- The sycophantic employee constantly praised his boss’s terrible ideas.
- Her sycophantic behavior around wealthy donors was embarrassing to watch.
- The politician was surrounded by sycophantic advisors who never disagreed with him.
- His sycophantic comments about the CEO’s speech fooled no one.
- The journalist refused to write sycophantic articles about corrupt officials.
- She found his sycophantic attitude toward celebrities quite annoying.