Fawnings

Synonyms for "fawnings" (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)

Adjective(1 words)

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)

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

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