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The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic.
Charlie Watts

Meaning of "sycophantic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SYCOPHANTIC

sycophantic  [ˌsɪkəˈfæntɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYCOPHANTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sycophantic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SYCOPHANTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sycophantic

Sycophancy

Sycophancy is flattery that is very obedient, or an indication of deference to another, to an excessive or servile degree. A user of sycophancy, is referred to as a sycophant.

Definition of sycophantic in the English dictionary

The definition of sycophantic in the dictionary is using flattery to win favour from individuals wielding influence; toadyish; obsequious.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYCOPHANTIC


antic
ˈæntɪk
antick
ˈæntɪk
anticke
ˈæntɪk
Atlantic
ətˈlæntɪk
cantic
ˈkæntɪk
frantic
ˈfræntɪk
geomantic
ˌdʒiːəʊˈmæntɪk
gigantic
dʒaɪˈɡæntɪk
hierophantic
ˌhaɪərəˈfæntɪk
hydromantic
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈmæntɪk
mantic
ˈmæntɪk
necromantic
ˌnekrəʊˈmæntɪk
obscurantic
ˌɒbskjʊˈræntɪk
pedantic
pɪˈdæntɪk
romantic
rəʊˈmæntɪk
semantic
sɪˈmæntɪk
spodomantic
ˌspɒdəˈmæntɪk
transatlantic
ˌtrænzətˈlæntɪk
unromantic
ˌʌnrəʊˈmæntɪk
Vedantic
vɪˈdæntɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYCOPHANTIC

sycamine
sycamore
sycamore tree
syce
sycee
sycee silver
sycomore
syconia
syconium
sycophancy
sycophant
sycophantical
sycophantically
sycophantise
sycophantish
sycophantishly
sycophantize
sycophantly
sycophantry
sycosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYCOPHANTIC

antiromantic
authentic
Battle of the Atlantic
Corybantic
hyperromantic
mid-Atlantic
myomantic
North Atlantic
ornithomantic
postromantic
pyromantic
quantic
sciomantic
sonantic
South Atlantic
the Atlantic
theomantic
ultraromantic
unpedantic
West Atlantic
xerantic

Synonyms and antonyms of sycophantic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SYCOPHANTIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sycophantic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sycophantic

Translation of «sycophantic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYCOPHANTIC

Find out the translation of sycophantic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sycophantic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sycophantic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

奉承
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aduladora
570 millions of speakers

English

sycophantic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चापलूस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزلفى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

льстивый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bajulador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sycophantic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flagorneur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sycophantic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schmeichlerisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

おべっかを使う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sycophantic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sycophantic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nịnh bợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துதிபாடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिटकवणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yağcı gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sycophantic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sycophantic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

улесливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lingușitori
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συκοφαντικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kruiperig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sycophantic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sycophantic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sycophantic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYCOPHANTIC»

The term «sycophantic» is regularly used and occupies the 70.754 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYCOPHANTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sycophantic

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2 QUOTES WITH «SYCOPHANTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sycophantic.
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Rhianna Pratchett
Cavorting around fantasy-style environments with a rampaging horde of sycophantic psychos is inherently amusing.
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Charlie Watts
The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYCOPHANTIC»

Discover the use of sycophantic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sycophantic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The History of Oeuf
All around the opulent chamber, a host of sycophantic courtiers and obsequious flunkies fawned and flattered their king. "Oooo,", a sycophantic courtier oooed, " you is not actually as ugly as what everybody says." "Yes," an obsequious flunky  ...
P.s.e.
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The Spelling Bee
Sycophantic. Sycophantic is an adjective. It means the act of being servile or obsequious, flattering somebody powerful for personal gain. Sycophantic.” My mouth was dry. I tried to swallow, but I couldn't. I knew I had seen this word among the ...
Donald Bozeman, 2011
3
Dissecting Your Girlfriend - Understanding the Game You've ...
Sycophantic. nightmares. –. enter. the. concept. of. the. “yes. child”. One of the things your parents will never admit to you, at least until you're much older, is that a certain amount of rebellion within a child's upbringing helps to make them who  ...
Harry Huryk, 2008
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Defining Breaking Dawn: Vocabulary Workbook for Unlocking ...
desultory fleeting hasty sycophantic perfunctory impassive apathetic dispassionate 3. ERRONEOUS A . fawning B . oleaginous C . servile D. sycophantic E . incorrect 4. SATIATE A . slake B . rectify C . truncate D. acquiesce E . curtail 5.
Brian Leaf, 2010
5
The Un-Americans: Jews, the Blacklist, and Stoolpigeon Culture
What this masculine-feminine schema represses, of course, is that the “masculine ” identification is no less a surrender than the “feminine” compliance: sycophantic assassination is as much a bid for the father's love as is sycophantic groveling, ...
Joseph Litvak, 2009
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Antoine Watteau: Perspectives on the Artist and the Culture ...
However sycophantic, the court was attended by members of the outstanding noble houses of the realm, whose social prestige and political power, as recent research has made clear, was by no means eclipsed by the rise of the Sun King. 16 ...
Mary D. Sheriff, Antoine Watteau, 2006
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A Scarred Republic
A. Sycophantic. Ideology. What I feel on a daily basis is different I have moments of anger Others are full of happiness Life's' jubilation Others dark constrained and chemically erased My position is stereoscopic on life's balance beam I manage ...
Kerrod McNeal
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The Annals of Tacitus:
going to say (56.1 praeceperant), they at once resorted to a sickening display of sycophantic proposals (56.1 quaesitior adulatio, 2 foedissimae adulationis). At this point the story is interrupted by the central panel, in which the flamen Dialis ...
Cornelius Tacitus, A. J. Woodman, R. H. Martin, 1996
9
New York Magazine
sycophantic. with. a. flair,. he. dominates. by. yielding..." The War of the Holes: Part II C^ - 9. says Carter's welfare proposals are better than the current hodgepodge, Senator Hayakawa says he will bow to Moynihan's great expertise in this ...
10
The Coalition Chronicles
Members of the Press: [sycophantic laughter, phone-tapping] The Prime Minister: Nick and I have just come [the Deputy Prime Minister sniggered] from inside 10 Downing Street. I have to say no Government in modern times has ever been left  ...
Ian Martin, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYCOPHANTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sycophantic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The President, His Critics and Sycophantic Defenders
Politicians often harbour resentments over a people's voting pattern, especially a few weeks after election, but to express this resentment in percentages and call ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
“Who Owns Hillary”? Hillary Clinton Smears BDS in Sycophantic
Hillary Clinton Smears BDS in Sycophantic Letter to Israeli Billionaire. By Ben Norton. Global Research, July 08, 2015. Ben Norton 6 July 2015. Region: USA. «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
3
Bryant Gumbel Lambastes 'Terribly Sycophantic' Sports Journalism …
“So much of what passes for sports coverage, in my opinion, is terribly sycophantic. We tend to not ask the same difficult questions of people in sports that we do ... «TheWrap, Jan 15»
4
Stephen Hawking's first wife: 'I would not worship ground under his …
Stephen Hawking's first wife has described how their marriage crumbled when he achieved widespread acclaim because she could not bear the “sycophantic” ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
5
A Sycophantic Valerie Jarrett Isn't Obama's Problem
Politics: Why is it that, after six years in office, the press has just become interested in Valerie Jarrett — President Obama's incredibly powerful, influential and ... «Investor's Business Daily, Nov 14»
6
Jeff Patch: Civil service suffers from 'sycophantic culture'
The New Brunswick public service is in need of a cultural shake up as too many bureaucrats are shying away from giving ministers their best advice or owe their ... «CBC.ca, Oct 14»
7
Alan Carr: I won't be a sycophant
He added: "Sometimes I worry about pushing things too far, but I don't want to be one of those chat show hosts that are really sycophantic. I like to sail close to ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 14»
8
Opinion in Singapore
Singapore's traditional media are insipidly sycophantic to the government. But, in a wired society that lives much of its life on social media, the internet has been ... «The Economist, Jun 14»
9
Ask LH: How Can I Stop My Sycophantic Colleague From CC'ing …
Dear Lifehacker, What should I do when a co-worker continually copies all their managers in all email communications? It comes off as though they are trying to ... «Lifehacker Australia, Apr 14»
10
In defence of sycophantic wage slaves
In his early twenties he had a swearing fit at his buffoon of an investment banking boss and within a year had freed himself of the sycophantic corporate world for ... «Financial Times, Mar 14»

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