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Sycophant

Noun:

1. A person who acts in a obsequious or servile manner towards someone in order to gain advantage or favor.

Example sentence: The CEO was surrounded by a group of sycophants, always ready to flatter him in hopes of promotion.

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Adjective:

1. Characteristic of or resembling a sycophant; fawning, obsequious.

Example sentence: His sycophant behavior made everyone uncomfortable at the party.

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Verb:

1. To behave like a sycophant; to flatter or fawn over someone to gain advantage or favor.

Example sentence: She sycophantly praised her boss's work in hopes of getting a raise.

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