Definitions for sycophancies

sycophancies syc·o·phan·cy

Spelling: [sik-uh-fuh n-see, -fan-, sahy-k Sycophancies is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 1174 anagrams from letters in sycophancies (accehinopssy).

Definitions for sycophancies

noun

  1. self-seeking or servile flattery.
  2. the character or conduct of a sycophant.

Origin of sycophancies

1615-25; Latin sȳcophantia trickery Greek sȳkophantía dishonest prosecution, equivalent to sȳkophant- (see sycophant) + -ia -y3

Examples for sycophancies

He knew that the malice was as shallow as the good will; and the alternatives were resentment, sycophancy, or a little subtlety.

Alone among the servants he had no time for sycophancy or subservience.

They were taunted with sycophancy to England, and a craving after English distinctions and aristocratic preeminence.

His caustic audacity salted his sycophancy and made him a man apart from the herd of flatterers.

There was no sycophancy on the part of the young man, no patronage on that of the employer.

Much of this sycophancy is due to the poverty of the educated classes.

The whole teaching profession is honeycombed with sycophancy.

sycophancy was as acceptable as real regard, since each catered to his vanity.

His mother, Livia Augusta, was the object of a like sycophancy.

The President, however, was growing weary of his own sycophancy.

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