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Fawning

//fɔːnɪŋ//

Synonyms for "fawning" (128 found)

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Informal (15)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Noun, verb, slang(4 words)

palaver grease sweet talk eyewash

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(4 words)

slimy oily greasy ass-kissing

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(2 words)

bunkum tufthunting

General use (113)

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, verb(5 words)

prostrate honeyed ignoble ingratiating blandishing

Name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adjective(26 words)

fulsome compliant spineless unctuous crafty insincere subservient complimentary obsequious envious mealymouthed sycophantic deferential smarmy slavish smooth-spoken smooth-tongued obeisant honey-mouthed adulatory

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honey-tongued mealy-mouthed fair-spoken fine-spoken toadyish courtierly

Noun, verb(16 words)

incense crawling praise sycophant compliment soft soap sponging cajoling sniveling toadying cringing backscratching bootlicking grovelling handshaking kowtowing

Noun(16 words)

insinuation servility blandishment obeisance parasitism adulation sycophancy cajolery cajolement sweet nothings obsequiousness mealymouthedness toadyism ingratiation flunkyism fawnery

Adj, noun, verb(8 words)

abject gushing wheedling flattering groveling hangdog truckling crouching

Adj, name, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Name, noun(3 words)

prostration flattery buncombe

Adj, noun(9 words)

submissive servile parasitic menial soapy timeserving slobbery footlicking toadeating

Adj, adv(2 words)

beggarly courtly

Adjective(4 words)

obsequious sycophantic bootlicking toadyish

Verb(6 words)

insinuating cowering blarneying soft-soaping brown-nosing apple-polishing

smooth tongued back scratching fair spoken fine spoken oily-tongued honeyed words apple polishing fair words sweet words honeyed phrases pretty lies

Prep_phrase(1 words)

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