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Definition of Sycophantic
1. Adjective. Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
Similar to: Insincere
Derivative terms: Obsequiousness, Sycophant
2. Adjective. Attempting to win favor by flattery.
Definition of Sycophantic
1. a. Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic.
Definition of Sycophantic
1. Adjective. given to obsequious flattery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sycophantic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sycophantic
Literary usage of Sycophantic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"THE sycophantic FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN A raven sat upon a tree, And not a
word he spoke, for His beak contained a piece of Brie, Or, maybe, ..."
2. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"THE sycophantic FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN A raven sat upon a tree, And not a
word he spoke, for His beak contained a piece of Brie, Or, maybe, ..."
3. The Puritans and Their Principles by Edwin Hall (1847)
"Vacillating and Irritating Policy of James. sycophantic bearing of the Bishops.
... sycophantic ..."
4. The Puritans and Their Principles by Edwin Hall (1846)
"sycophantic bearing of the Bishops. Passive Obedience and Non-Resistance.
Attempts of James to establish Episcopacy in Scotland. Assembly of Perth. ..."
5. Less black than we're painted by James Payn (1878)
"... and in acknowledging that there was mnch genuine good abont this woman, whom
he had heretofore looked upon as meddling, prejudiced, and sycophantic, ..."
6. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"THE sycophantic FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN A raven sat upon a tree, And not a
word he spoke, for His beak contained a piece of Brie, Or, maybe, ..."
7. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"THE sycophantic FOX AND THE GULLIBLE RAVEN A raven sat upon a tree, And not a
word he spoke, for His beak contained a piece of Brie, Or, maybe, ..."
8. The Puritans and Their Principles by Edwin Hall (1847)
"Vacillating and Irritating Policy of James. sycophantic bearing of the Bishops.
... sycophantic ..."
9. The Puritans and Their Principles by Edwin Hall (1846)
"sycophantic bearing of the Bishops. Passive Obedience and Non-Resistance.
Attempts of James to establish Episcopacy in Scotland. Assembly of Perth. ..."
10. Less black than we're painted by James Payn (1878)
"... and in acknowledging that there was mnch genuine good abont this woman, whom
he had heretofore looked upon as meddling, prejudiced, and sycophantic, ..."
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