Fawning

Fawning
Fawn Fawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fawning}.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. f[ae]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See {Fain}.] To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. [1913 Webster]

You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • fawning — index obsequious, servile, subservient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fawning — [adj] deferential, groveling abject, adulatory, bootlicking*, bowing, brownnosing*, compliant, cowering, crawling, cringing, flattering, humble, ingratiating, kowtowing*, mealy mouthed*, obsequious, parasitic, prostrate, scraping, servile,… …   New thesaurus

  • fawning — adjective her fawning personal staff Syn: obsequious, servile, sycophantic, flattering, ingratiating, unctuous, oleaginous, groveling, crawling; informal bootlicking, smarmy, sucky, brown nosing, toadying …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • fawning — /ˈfɔnɪŋ/ (say fawning) adjective obsequious. –fawningly, adverb …  

  • fawning — Ⅰ. fawn [1] ► NOUN 1) a young deer in its first year. 2) a light brown colour. ORIGIN Old French faon, from Latin fetus offspring . Ⅱ. fawn [2] ► VERB …   English terms dictionary

  • fawning — Synonyms and related words: abject, adulation, adulatory, apple polishing, ass kissing, backscratching, beggarly, bland, blandishing, blandishment, blarney, blarneying, bootlicking, brown nosing, bunkum, buttery, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • fawning — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sniveling, adulatory, flattering; see obsequious . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. servile, sycophantic, deferential, slavish, groveling, subservient, cringing, flattering, *brownnosing, kowtowing, submissive,… …   English dictionary for students

  • fawning — sb. == flattery, deceit. Wright’s L. P. p. 23 …   Oldest English Words

  • fawning — fawn·ing || fɔːnɪŋ adj. bootlicking, flattering, acting in a servile manner in order to gain favor fɔːn n. baby deer; soft light brown color v. lavish affection upon; flatter, act in a servile manner in order to gain favor adj. pale… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fawning — n. Sycophancy, servility, cringing, mean flattery …   New dictionary of synonyms

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