fawning

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English

Definitions

verb

To give birth to a fawn.

verb

To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon).
(of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.

noun

Servile flattery.

adjective

Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.

Related words

Synonyms

grovel soft-soap toady wheedle toadyish sycophantic bootlicking obsequious insincere flattersome buttery sycophantical courtly dough-faced toadeating truckling flatterous worshippy

Associated

accused friend attention great

Rhymes

wanting dawning donning yawning spawning swanning conning pawning bohning han hung

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