Sycophancy

Noun

 * 1) The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery.

Adjectives for Sycophancy
prodigious; courtly; crude.

Verbs for Sycophancy
approve—; brand with—; detect—; favor — forbid—; induce—; lament—; patronize — ply—; practise—; pursue with—; reject — resist—; ridicule—; —infests; —irks; ——irritates; —nauseates; —pollutes; —wins.

Thesaurus
adulation, apple-polishing, ass-kissing, backbiting, backscratching, backstabbing, belittlement, blandishment, blarney, bootlicking, brown-nosing, bunkum, cajolement, cajolery, calumny, compliment, cringing, defamation, depreciation, disparagement, eyewash, fair words, fawnery, fawning, flattery, flunkyism, footlicking, grease, groveling, handshaking, honeyed phrases, honeyed words, incense, ingratiation, insinuation, mealymouthedness, obeisance, obsequiousness, oil, palaver, parasitism, praise, pretty lies, prostration, scandal, slander, soap, soft soap, sponging, sweet nothings, sweet talk, sweet words, timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyism, truckling, tufthunting, wheedling

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:flattery