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Recent Examples of sycophantic
Driver begins the show unsteadily; his early scenes with Nancy and with Jimmy (Keith Nobbs), a sycophantic assistant, lack confidence and dimension.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Lake, like many Republicans, speaks primarily with supporters and sycophantic interviewers.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
And Donald Trump upended one congressional race by dealing a humiliating rejection to one of his most sycophantic supporters.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2024
Few will be shocked to learn that he was annoyed by the fecklessness of the bungler-in-chief, dismayed by Vice President Mike Pence’s sycophantic adherence to the party line, and alarmed by the administration’s ignorance of the basic workings of government.
—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 16 June 2024
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Lake, like many Republicans, speaks primarily with supporters and sycophantic interviewers.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
And Donald Trump upended one congressional race by dealing a humiliating rejection to one of his most sycophantic supporters.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2024
Few will be shocked to learn that he was annoyed by the fecklessness of the bungler-in-chief, dismayed by Vice President Mike Pence’s sycophantic adherence to the party line, and alarmed by the administration’s ignorance of the basic workings of government.
—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 16 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sycophantic
Adjective
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There were cover stories on him and obsequious profiles.—
Cory Franklin,
Twin Cities,
2 Jan. 2025
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Schulz is obsequious, either chummily laughing along to whatever is being said or clearly waiting for his turn to talk.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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His co-stars, like Will Ferrell’s savage Mugatu, Owen Wilson’s stoner hottie Hansel, and Nathan Lee Graham’s servile Todd — all so precise and well-defined in the original’s ravelike milieu — are doomed to retrace their old steps here.—
Sean Malin,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2024
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These officials could, in turn, redistribute some of their private goods among their own servile lieutenants, but the monarch retained ultimate power to grant or revoke their privileged status.—
Serhiy Kudelia,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Feb. 2014
Adjective
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Recording a song for the hagiographic Ronald Reagan movie but not his own biopic?—
Chris Stanton,
Vulture,
25 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Stevens pays loving but not hagiographic tribute to his late mother, famed actress Stella Stevens, in his documentary recently showcased at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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Her chef and housekeeper, Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher), is timid and worshipful but able to take quietly decisive action when necessary.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
25 Nov. 2024
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In a country given to worshipful talk of Founding Fathers, this is not a new subject on the political stage.—
Molly Fischer,
The New Yorker,
1 Oct. 2024
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“Sycophantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sycophantic. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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