Fawning

/fɔːnɪŋ/

Synonyms for "fawning" (148 found)

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Closest matches (30)

abject adulation adulatoryapple polishingapple-polishing ass-kissingback scratchingbackscratching beggarly bland blandishing blandishment blarney blarneying bootlicking brown-nosing buncombe bunkum buttery cajolement

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cajolery cajoling compliant compliment complimentary

Noun(3 words)

adulate adulatory bear

Verb(1 words)

adulating

Adjective(1 words)

bootlicking

Strong matches (44)

courtierly courtly cowering crafty crawling cringing crouching deferential envious eyewashfair spokenfair wordsfair-spoken fawneryfine spokenfine-spoken flattering flattery flunkyism footlicking

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fulsome grease greasy groveling grovelling gushing handshaking hangdog honey-mouthed honey-tongued honeyedhoneyed phraseshoneyed wordshumble ignoble incense ingratiating ingratiation

Verb(1 words)

fawned

Noun(5 words)

flatter flattery ingratiate ingratiating ingratiation

Related words (74)

insincere insinuating insinuation kowtowing mealy-mouthed mealymouthed mealymouthedness mean menial obeisance obeisant obsequious obsequiousness oil oily oily-tonguedon bended kneepalaver parasitic parasitism

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praisepretty liesprostrate prostration servile servility slavish sleek slimy slobbery smarmy smoothsmooth tonguedsmooth-spoken smooth-tongued sniveling soap soapysoft soapsoft-soaping spineless sponging submissive subservient supplesweet nothingssweet talksweet wordssycophancy sycophant sycophantic timeserving toadeating toadying toadyish toadyism truckling tufthunting unctuous wheedling yielding

Noun(9 words)

kowtow obsequious obsequiousness produce servile slobbering snuggling sycophancy sycophantic

Adjective(4 words)

obsequious overnice sycophantic toadyish

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

behavior birth conductdescriptive termreproductionsocial behavior

More specific

7 entries

groveling ingratiation servilitysingle fawnsycophancy toadyingtwin fawns

Collocations

11 entries

fawn birthfawning adulationfawning attentionfawning attitudefawning behaviorfawning flatteryfawning languagefawning praisefawning rhetoricnewborn fawnsingle fawn

Inflections

5 entries

fawned fawnings fawnsmore fawningmost fawning

Derivations

7 entries

fawn fawned fawner fawningly fawnish fawnlike fawns

similar

2 entries

insincere servile

Sample sentences

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The president-elect's cabinet selection process appeared in disarray, even as his fawning acolytes disputed multiple news reports of backbiting, vendettas, infighting and persistent, bitter acrimony. With the constantly ongoing palace intrigue, it was difficult to know for certain who was in charge.

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Astylus, their master's son, arrived on horse-back, and a fawning parasite, who always accompanied him, rode by his side.

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Be fawning.

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Stop fawning on me.

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