sycophant
n . 奉承者,諂媚者,追隨者
a . 拍馬的,奉承的
奉承者,諂媚者,追隨者拍馬的,奉承的
sycophant n 1 :
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage [
synonym : {
sycophant }, {
toady }, {
crawler },
{
lackey }, {
ass -
kisser }]
Sycophant \
Syc "
o *
phant \,
n . [
L .
sycophanta a slanderer ,
deceiver ,
parasite ,
Gr . ?
a false accuser ,
false adviser ,
literally ,
a fig shower ; ?
a fig ?
to show :
cf .
F .
sycophante .
The reason for the name is not certainly known .
See {
Phenomenon }.]
1 .
An informer ;
a talebearer . [
Obs .] "
Accusing sycophants ,
of all men ,
did best sort to his nature ." --
Sir P .
Sidney .
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2 .
A base parasite ;
a mean or servile flatterer ;
especially ,
a flatterer of princes and great men .
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A sycophant will everything admire :
Each verse ,
each sentence ,
sets his soul on fire .
--
Dryden .
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Sycophant \
Syc "
o *
phant \,
v .
t . [
CF .
L .
sycophantari to deceive ,
to trick ,
Gr . ?.]
1 .
To inform against ;
hence ,
to calumniate . [
Obs .]
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Sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary . --
Milton .
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2 .
To play the sycophant toward ;
to flatter obsequiously .
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Sycophant \
Syc "
o *
phant \,
v .
i .
To play the sycophant .
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sycophant ":
adherent ,
adulator ,
apple -
polisher ,
ass -
licker ,
backscratcher ,
backslapper ,
blarneyer ,
bootlick ,
bootlicker ,
bootlicking ,
brown -
nose ,
brownie ,
cajoler ,
clawback ,
courtier ,
cowering ,
creature ,
cringer ,
cringing ,
disciple ,
dummy ,
dupe ,
fawner ,
figurehead ,
flatterer ,
flunky ,
follower ,
footlicker ,
gillie ,
goon ,
gopher ,
groveler ,
groveling ,
handshaker ,
hanger -
on ,
helot ,
henchman ,
instrument ,
jackal ,
kowtower ,
kowtowing ,
lackey ,
led captain ,
lickspit ,
lickspittle ,
man ,
mealymouth ,
minion ,
myrmidon ,
parasitic ,
peon ,
puppet ,
reptile ,
satellite ,
self -
seeker ,
serf ,
slave ,
snob ,
spaniel ,
stooge ,
suck ,
thug ,
timeserver ,
toad ,
toadeater ,
toady ,
toadying ,
toadyish ,
tool ,
truckler ,
truckling ,
tufthunter ,
votary ,
wheedler ,
yes -
man
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