disapproval If you describe someone as sycophantic, you disapprove of them because they flatter people who are more important and powerful than they are in order to gain an advantage for themselves. his clique of sycophantic friends. praising important or powerful people too much because you want to get something from them - used in order to show disapproval
Of or pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic