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sycophant

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪkəfænt/Part of speech nounSorted achnopstyStarts with SEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

Used in a sentence

  • A sycophant will everything admire: / Each verse, each sentence, sets his soul on fire
  • VVhile a mean Crovvd of Sycophants attend, / And favvn and flatter, creep and cringe and bend; / The Fav'rite bleſſes his ſuperior State, / Riſes o'er all, and hails Himſelf the Great.
  • [H]is mind had no eye to espy goodness; and therefore accusing sycophants, of all men, did best sort to his nature.
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