The sycophantic slags all say / "I knew him first, and I knew him well"
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Sycophantic
//sɪkəˈfæntɪk//
Synonyms for "sycophantic" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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3 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 9 languages.
Czech
1 entries- patolízalský adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
Danish
1 entries- slesk adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
Dutch
3 entries- kruiperig adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
- pluimstrijkend adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
- vleierig adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
German
2 entries- kriecherisch adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
- unterwürfig adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
Polish
1 entries- służalczy adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
Russian
1 entries- льсти́вый adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
Spanish
2 entries- sicofántico adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
- zalamero adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
Swedish
3 entries- len i munnen adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
- lismande adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
- smickrande adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
Turkish
1 entries- yaltakçı adj (obsequious, flattering, toadying)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I melt into a sycophantic soup, and all that’s left to do is giggle, fawn and swoon.
Source: wiktionary
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.
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Then, at the 40 minute mark, [US Vice President J.D.] Vance chimed in with some sycophantic nonsense.
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