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Thesaurus: sycophantic

Alt. of Sycophantical

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  1. a. Alt. of Sycophantical
  2. adj. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  3. adj. attempting to win favor by flattery
  4. Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic. To be cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite. South. Sycophantic servants to the King of Spain. De Quincey.
  5. j:100 s attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery s attempting to win favor by flattery