Definition of sycophantic
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a sycophant : fawning, obsequious
- sycophantic compliments
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The movie opens in 2001, in the northern village of Datong, where Guo Bin (Liao Fan), a member of the jianghu underworld, runs a mah-jongg parlor and enjoys the sycophantic attention of his comrades and underlings.
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That hasn’t stopped some sycophantic Republicans and shrewd foreign leaders from stroking Trump’s ego by declaring him the winner though.
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Newspapers have swung from sycophantic coverage of the former first family to decrying them.
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Given Donald Trump’s extremely well-known weakness for flattery and, indeed, sycophantic adulation, Netanyahu’s comparison of Trump to the greatest Anglo-American heroes (Balfour and Truman) of Zionist history made sense.
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The best bits are when Trump, voiced wonderfully by Jeff Bergman, leaves the safety of his own sycophantic clan.
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And following a visit to the White House last year, Prime Minister Theresa May was mercilessly mocked in the British press for appearing overly sycophantic toward Trump, to the point of walking hand-in-hand with him.
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The previously sycophantic and subservient media have started airing discussions of petrol shortages, the rigging of university-entrance exams and other social and economic woes.
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At some point, Sean Hannity’s sycophantic behavior stopped bothering me.
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