sycophant

suomi-englanti sanakirja

sycophant englannista suomeksi

1. imartelija

0. Substantiivi

1. hännystelijä, mielistelijä, imartelija, vulgar perseennuolija, nuoleskelija

1. Verbi

sycophant englanniksi

1. One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.

(synonyms)

2. (RQ:Dryden The Art of Poetry)

3. (RQ:Fielding Miscellanies)

4. (quote-web)|title=America’s mighty economic power has feet of clay|work=Michael West Media|url=https://michaelwest.com.au/davos-donald-americas-mighty-economic-power-has-feet-of-clay|text=The latest act in the Madness of King Donald drama playing globally on every channel underlined the increasingly delusional world the anti-hero inhabits, his fantasies fed and indulged by a cast of sycophants, lackeys and straight grifters, all in it for what they can get.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20260130015557/https://michaelwest.com.au/davos-donald-americas-mighty-economic-power-has-feet-of-clay

5. One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.

(syn)

6. An informer; a talebearer.

7. (RQ:Sidney Arcadia)

8. To inform against; hence, to calumniate.

9. {{quote-text|en|year=1642|author=John Milton|title=Apology for Smectymnuus

10. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.