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FAWNING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attempting to win favor by flattery
Synonyms:
bootlicking; fawning; sycophantic; toadyish
Classified under:
Similar:
servile (submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Synonyms:
bootlicking; fawning; obsequious; sycophantic; toadyish
Classified under:
Similar:
insincere (lacking sincerity)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb fawn
Context examples:
“That's the way to put it, you see, Master Copperfield!” observed Uriah, with fawning and offensive pity. —a lady of such youth, and such attractions, however real her respect for you, might have been influenced in marrying, by worldly considerations only.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
