sycophantic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
23
Words With Friends
25
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/sɪkəˈfæntɪk/

Definition of sycophantic

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Excessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.
    “The sycophantic slags all say / "I knew him first, and I knew him well"”
    “I melt into a sycophantic soup, and all that’s left to do is giggle, fawn and swoon.”
    “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.”
    “Then, at the 40 minute mark, [US Vice President J.D.] Vance chimed in with some sycophantic nonsense.”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek σῡκοφᾰντῐκός (sūkophăntĭkós). By surface analysis, sycophant + -ic.

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