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Meanings of sycophantic in inglés

Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.

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Usage of sycophantic in inglés
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His age may have been fifty; his air was mean and sycophantic.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
2
As scheming and sycophantic as any royal family in Adarlan, she supposed.
Heir of Fire
3
The men who praised Cesare, the historian tells us, were sycophantic courtiers.
The Life of Cesare Borgia
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She's amazing, considering the sickly, sycophantic atmosphere she's been brought up in.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig: A Novel
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Twenty years ago this prize would have been sycophantic but maybe more justified.
Reuters
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Frontinus's glance however, told him that the governor knew he was being sycophantic.
Gladiatrix
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He has been encouraged to believe this by certain sycophantic admirers.
The confusion
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The trusty had a silly, sycophantic manner of raising one hand in salute.
The Financier: A Novel
9
He used my name, giving it the personal touch, without being too sycophantic.
The Guardian
10
To no one, however, was he so completely sycophantic as to the Archdeacon.
The Cathedral: A Novel
11
Prettilove, who has a sycophantic sense of humour, burst into a loud guffaw.
The Red Planet
12
Then, as the Yorkers around me broke into sycophantic laughter, I looked up.
Sovereign
13
Fifanti's mean, sycophantic air fell away from him as by magic.
The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and might...
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A discreet sycophantic smile from the group at this devastating witticism!
Mr. Prohack
15
A bought and paid for sycophantic media works hard to keep the fiction alive.
The Irish Times
16
Another production which portrayed Mugabe surrounded by sycophantic "yes men" was banned.
The South African
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