fawning meaning

Adjective: fawning  foning

1. Attempting to win favour from influential people by flattery
   - bootlicking, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish 
2. Attempting to win favour by flattery
   - bootlicking, sycophantic, toadyish

Verb: fawn  fon

1. Show submission or fear
   - crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel 
2. Try to gain favour by cringing or flattering
   - toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up 
3. Have fawns
   "deer fawn"

See also: fawner, insincere, servile

Type of: bear, bend, birth, blandish, deliver, flatter, flex, give birth, have

Encyclopedia: Fawn

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1. the servant worn a fawning smile.
2. he was fawning on a damsel with soft words
3. how the devil can you dream of fawning on me
4. the puppy was fawning on its master
5. a group of fawning admirers