So much sycophancy was lavished on him that he ended up getting drunk.
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Sycophancy
Synonyms for "sycophancy" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (32)
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3 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- подлизурство noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
Catalan
1 entries- sicofància noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 阿諛奉承 /阿谀奉承 noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
Czech
2 entries- patolízalství noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
- podlézavost noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
Dutch
2 entries- pluimstrijkerij noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
- vleierij noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
French
4 entries- cirage de pompes noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
- flagornerie noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
- flatterie noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
- lèche-culterie noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
German
1 entries- Speichelleckerei noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
Italian
2 entries- servilismo noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
- sicofantia noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
Japanese
1 entries- おべっか noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
Kazakh
2 entries- жарамсақтық noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
- жағымпаздық noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
Korean
1 entries- 사대주의 noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
Persian
1 entries- تملق noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
Russian
1 entries- лизоблюдство noun (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
I have always been taken aback at the high number of people in whom an astonishingly high income led to additional sycophancy as they became more dependent on their clients and employers and more addicted to making even more money.
Source: wiktionary
“I don’t want to get myself into trouble,” he added, “but she’s very, she’s a great woman.” Victoria [Starmer] looked a little creeped out. Her husband might be a master Trump-wrangler, an expert at sycophancy and genuflection, but she wasn’t.
Source: wiktionary
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