Obsequious behaviour towards someone important in order to gain advantage.
your fawning sycophancy is nauseating
he discouraged sycophancy towards royalty
Example sentencesExamples
- Sycophancy in the Congress has been at its height.
- If your boss is an egomaniac, sycophancy always pays dividends.
- He behaved towards us with a ridiculous degree of sycophancy.
- Through relentless flattery and sycophancy, he amassed a circle of influential friends and a considerable fortune.
- He was shameless in his sycophancy and usually unaware of the embarrassment caused by his actions.