Associations to the word «Sycophant»
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Wiktionary
SYCOPHANT, noun. One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
SYCOPHANT, noun. One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
SYCOPHANT, noun. (obsolete) An informer; a talebearer.
SYCOPHANT, verb. (transitive) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
SYCOPHANT, verb. (transitive) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
Dictionary definition
SYCOPHANT, noun. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
Wise words
Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you
love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You
have to get up in the morning and write something you love,
something to live for.