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sycophantic adjective [ ˌsɪkəˈfantɪk ]

• behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage.
• "a sycophantic interview"
Similar: obsequious, servile, subservient, deferential, grovelling, toadying, fawning, flattering, ingratiating, cringing, unctuous, oily, slimy, creeping, crawling, truckling, slavish, bowing and scraping, Uriah Heepish, gushing, bootlicking, smarmy, brown-nosing, arse-licking, arse-kissing, suckholing, ass-licking, ass-kissing,


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