Fawning

  • 1fawning — index obsequious, servile, subservient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2fawning — [adj] deferential, groveling abject, adulatory, bootlicking*, bowing, brownnosing*, compliant, cowering, crawling, cringing, flattering, humble, ingratiating, kowtowing*, mealy mouthed*, obsequious, parasitic, prostrate, scraping, servile,… …

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  • 3Fawning — Fawn Fawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fawning}.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. f[ae]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See {Fain}.] To court favor by low cringing,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4fawning — adjective her fawning personal staff Syn: obsequious, servile, sycophantic, flattering, ingratiating, unctuous, oleaginous, groveling, crawling; informal bootlicking, smarmy, sucky, brown nosing, toadying …

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  • 5fawning — /ˈfɔnɪŋ/ (say fawning) adjective obsequious. –fawningly, adverb …

  • 6fawning — Ⅰ. fawn [1] ► NOUN 1) a young deer in its first year. 2) a light brown colour. ORIGIN Old French faon, from Latin fetus offspring . Ⅱ. fawn [2] ► VERB …

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  • 7fawning — Synonyms and related words: abject, adulation, adulatory, apple polishing, ass kissing, backscratching, beggarly, bland, blandishing, blandishment, blarney, blarneying, bootlicking, brown nosing, bunkum, buttery, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling,… …

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  • 8fawning — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sniveling, adulatory, flattering; see obsequious . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. servile, sycophantic, deferential, slavish, groveling, subservient, cringing, flattering, *brownnosing, kowtowing, submissive,… …

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  • 9fawning — sb. == flattery, deceit. Wright’s L. P. p. 23 …

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  • 10fawning — fawn·ing || fɔːnɪŋ adj. bootlicking, flattering, acting in a servile manner in order to gain favor fɔːn n. baby deer; soft light brown color v. lavish affection upon; flatter, act in a servile manner in order to gain favor adj. pale… …

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