sycophanticadj.

/sɪkəˈfantɪk/

Etymology: < Greek σῡκοϕαντικός, < σῡκοϕάντης sycophant n. and adj.

1. Having the character of, or characteristic of, a sycophant; meanly flattering; basely obsequious.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective]

fikingc1230

papelarda1500

gnathonical1540

clawing1574

pickthank1575

slavering1575

claw-back1577

courting1580

fawning1585

adulatory1587

insinuating1592

insinuative1592

scraping1599

adulatorious1612

men-pleasing1615

pickthanking1621

sycophantical1632

gnathonic1637

insinuanta1639

sycophantizing1640

ingratiating1642

led1672

sycophanting1674

sycophantly1680

sycophanta1684

sycophantica1698

pickthankly1702

assiduous1725

foot-licking1786

tuft-hunting1789

sycophantish1821

favour-currying1831

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

creepy-crawly1890

slauming1904

toadyish1909

ass-licking1940

ass-kissing1942

brown-nosing1946

arse-licking1950

sucky1991

a1698 W. Row Contin. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 547 The base sycophantic fools magnify and extol Sharp.

1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) II. lvii. 3 Mean, unprincipled, selfish, and sycophantic deceivers.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. ix. 274 That sycophantic blasphemy, which the Court-bishops..carried to an incredible excess.

1855 J. S. C. Abbott Hist. Napoleon II. i. 24 Upon sycophantic knees they bowed before the conqueror.

1870 Binnie Psalms ii. x. 348 Sycophantic divines have often made of it [sc. divine right] a flattering unction for the ears of princes.

2. Calumnious, slanderous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adjective]

horyc1000

missayingc1330

slandering1402

disclanderous1421

maligningc1425

defamatoryc1485

calumnious1490

defamative1502

slanderous?1521

infaming1535

obtractuous1537

defaminga1550

defamous1557

black-mouthed1560

sycophanticala1566

malignious1578

libelling1587

blasting1591

maledicent1599

traducing1601

black-throated1604

blasphemous1605

depraving1606

abusive1608

calumniating1609

obloquious1611

vilifying1611

infamatory1612

calumniatory1625

aspersionating1639

aspersive1642

scandalizing1646

reflexive1654

unworthying1654

reflecting1656

reflective1664

slanderful1669

aspersing1673

reflectious1715

traducent1736

obloquial1790

sycophantic1801

wronging1845

trash-talking1975

1801 G. Mason Suppl. to Johnson's Dict. Sycophantick, adj., tale bearing; maliciously officious.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	sycophantic
释义	sycophanticadj. /sɪkəˈfantɪk/ Etymology: < Greek σῡκοϕαντικός, < σῡκοϕάντης sycophant n. and adj. 1. Having the character of, or characteristic of, a sycophant; meanly flattering; basely obsequious. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] fikingc1230 papelarda1500 gnathonical1540 clawing1574 pickthank1575 slavering1575 claw-back1577 courting1580 fawning1585 adulatory1587 insinuating1592 insinuative1592 scraping1599 adulatorious1612 men-pleasing1615 pickthanking1621 sycophantical1632 gnathonic1637 insinuanta1639 sycophantizing1640 ingratiating1642 led1672 sycophanting1674 sycophantly1680 sycophanta1684 sycophantica1698 pickthankly1702 assiduous1725 foot-licking1786 tuft-hunting1789 sycophantish1821 favour-currying1831 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 creepy-crawly1890 slauming1904 toadyish1909 ass-licking1940 ass-kissing1942 brown-nosing1946 arse-licking1950 sucky1991 a1698 W. Row Contin. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 547 The base sycophantic fools magnify and extol Sharp. 1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) II. lvii. 3 Mean, unprincipled, selfish, and sycophantic deceivers. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. ix. 274 That sycophantic blasphemy, which the Court-bishops..carried to an incredible excess. 1855 J. S. C. Abbott Hist. Napoleon II. i. 24 Upon sycophantic knees they bowed before the conqueror. 1870 Binnie Psalms ii. x. 348 Sycophantic divines have often made of it [sc. divine right] a flattering unction for the ears of princes. 2. Calumnious, slanderous. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adjective] horyc1000 missayingc1330 slandering1402 disclanderous1421 maligningc1425 defamatoryc1485 calumnious1490 defamative1502 slanderous?1521 infaming1535 obtractuous1537 defaminga1550 defamous1557 black-mouthed1560 sycophanticala1566 malignious1578 libelling1587 blasting1591 maledicent1599 traducing1601 black-throated1604 blasphemous1605 depraving1606 abusive1608 calumniating1609 obloquious1611 vilifying1611 infamatory1612 calumniatory1625 aspersionating1639 aspersive1642 scandalizing1646 reflexive1654 unworthying1654 reflecting1656 reflective1664 slanderful1669 aspersing1673 reflectious1715 traducent1736 obloquial1790 sycophantic1801 wronging1845 trash-talking1975 1801 G. Mason Suppl. to Johnson's Dict. Sycophantick, adj., tale bearing; maliciously officious. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.a1698
随便看	scandalmongery scandalous scandalously scandalousness scandalousnesses scandalpotion scandalproof scandals scandalum magnatum scandalwater scandaroon scandent scandenter scandentest scanderbeg scanderbegging scandi scandia scandian scandias scandic scandihoovian scandiknavery scandinavian scandinavianism