Word Meanings - SYCOPHANTISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering. -- Syc"o*phant`ish*ly, adv. Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly. De Quincey.

Related words: (words related to SYCOPHANTISH)

• FLATTER
  1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
• PHANTASY
  See FANCY
• SYCOPHANTIZE
  To play the sycophant.
• FOREVER
  1. Through eternity; through endless ages, eternally. 2. At all times; always. Note: In England, for and ever are usually written and printed as two separate words; but, in the United States, the general practice is to make but a single word of
• PHANTASM
  1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream. They be but phantasms or apparitions. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A mental image or representation of
• FLATTERY
  The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver
• HUMOROUSLY
  1. Capriciously; whimsically. We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy. 2. Facetiously; wittily.
• OBSEQUIOUSLY
  1. In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly. Dryden. 2. In a manner appropriate to obsequies. Whilst I a while obsequiously lament The untimely fall of virtuous Lancaster. Shak.
• PHANTASMAGORY
  See PHANTASMAGORIA
• FLATTERINGLY
  With flattery.
• PREVAILINGLY
  So as to prevail.
• HUMORSOMENESS
  Quality of being humorsome.
• HUMORIST
  One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors. 2. One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways. He . . . was a great humorist in all parts of his life. Addison. 3. One who displays
• SYCOPHANTISH
  Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering. -- Syc"o*phant`ish*ly, adv. Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly. De Quincey.
• HUMORSOMELY
  Pleasantly; humorously.
• PHANTASMAGORIC
  Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria; phantasmagorial. Hawthorne.
• PHANTASTIC; PHANTASTICAL
  See FANTASTIC
• PHANTOM
  That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. Pope. She was a phantom of delight. Wordsworth. Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman,
• PREVAIL
  1. To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against. When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and when he let down his hand, Amalek
• PHANTASMAL
  Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive.
• GOOD-HUMORED
  Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.
• HUMOR
  A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. "A body full of humors." Sir W. Temple. 3. State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids
• BEFLATTER
  To flatter excessively.
• SYCOPHANT
  Gr. sycophante. The reason for the name is not certainly known. See 1. An informer; a talebearer. "Accusing sycophants, of all men, did best sort to his nature." Sir P. Sidney. 2. A base parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially,
• TRIUMPHANTLY
  In a triumphant manner.
• ELEPHANT
  A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and
• LIVE-FOREVER
  A plant with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.
• HIEROPHANTIC
  Of or relating to hierophants or their teachings.
• DISHUMOR
  Ill humor.