sycophantic

Meaning

Excessively eager to please, especially for personal gain; obsequious, flattering.

Synonyms

fawning

toadyish

obsequious

bootlicking

flattering

smoothtongued

adulatory

ingratiating

servile

slanderous

sycophant

timeserving

unctuous

grovelling

buttery

calumnious

deferential

flatterer

groveling

adulator

Translations

kriecherisch

kruiperig

vleierig

llepaculs

byzantinisch

unterwürfig

συκοφαντικός

ψευτοκολακευτικός

obséquieux

flagorneur

pluimstrijkend

servil

متملّق

yaltakçı

pilota

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪkəˈfæntɪk/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σῡκοφᾰντῐκός (sūkophăntĭkós). By surface analysis, sycophant + -ic.