noun
- a person who behaves obsequiously to someone in power; a servile flatterer or toady
Usage: derogatory; informal
adjective
- characterized by or showing servile flattery or obsequiousness
Usage: derogatory; informal
Examples
- The CEO surrounded himself with lickspittles who never questioned his decisions.
- His lickspittle behavior toward the boss was embarrassing to watch.
- She refused to become a lickspittle just to advance her career.
- The politician's lickspittle advisors told him only what he wanted to hear.
- He was known as a lickspittle who would agree with anyone in authority.
- Their lickspittle flattery fooled no one in the room.
- She despised the lickspittle courtiers who surrounded the king.