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How to pronounce “sycophant

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Pronunciation guide for sycophant

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of sycophant with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Scott Harrisonand I'd become this sycophant, this hedonistic degenerate.
Definition summary
One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.

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How to pronounce sycophant

Scott Harrison

and I'd become this sycophant, this hedonistic degenerate.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “sycophant

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
  • One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
  • (obsolete) An informer; a talebearer.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive, obsolete) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
  • (transitive, rare) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.

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