sycophantic

Etymology

sycophant + -ic

adj

  1. Obsequious, flattering, toadying. In other words, eager to please.
    when the princess’s former nanny Marion Crawford, “Crawfie”, published an entirely anodyne and sycophantic memoir in 1950, she was cast into outer darkness by the family. September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian

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