Synonyms of fawning

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adjective

as in obsequious

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obsequious
• servile
• slavish
• subordinate
• subservient
• docile
• obedient
• submissive
• kowtowing
• dutiful
• obeisant
• amiable
• acquiescent
• compliant
• biddable
• amenable
• tractable
• obliging
• conformable
• agreeable
• yielding
• surrendering
• duteous
• decorous
• law-abiding
• placable
• restrained
• mannerly
• orderly
• repressed
• inhibited
• soft
• disciplined
• constrained
• tame
• mild
• meek
• controllable
• gentle
• manageable
• teachable
• trainable
• curbed
• handleable
• disciplinable
• governable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peevish
• mutinous
• obstinate
• stubborn
• wild
• insurgent
• unyielding
• dogged
• obdurate
• uncontrollable
• mulish
• headstrong
• resistant
• hardheaded
• defiant
• unmanageable
• perverse
• bad
• mischievous
• pigheaded
• errant
• naughty
• disorderly
• balky
• undisciplined
• insolent
• self-willed
• impudent
• disrespectful
• rude
• dissident
• contrary
• refractory
• wilful
• recalcitrant
• nonconformist
• impolite
• wayward
• willful
• unruly
• rebellious
• insubordinate
• intractable
• obstreperous
• disobedient
• contumacious
• restive
• misbehaving
• untoward
• noncompliant
• ill-bred
• rebel
• ungovernable
• ill-mannered
• unamenable
• froward
• incompliant

fawning

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noun

as in sycophancy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sycophancy
• adoration
• toadying
• worship
• idolatry
• praise
• caresses
• compliments
• ingratiation
• respects
• cajolery
• greetings
• congratulations
• regards
• felicitations
• acclaim
• smarm
• applause
• blandishments
• flattery
• endearments
• cajolement
• adulation
• butter
• commendation
• sweet talk
• soft soap
• allurements
• overpraise
• taffy
• incense
• blarney
• flannel

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disparagement
• depreciation
• detraction
• belittlement
• bad-mouthing
• put-down

fawning

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verb

present participle of fawn

as in fussing

to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior

a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fussing
• drooling
• toadying
• kowtowing
• bootlicking
• truckling
• courting
• currying favor
• sucking (up)
• submitting
• gushing
• slobbering
• deferring
• slavering
• ingratiating
• wooing
• apple-polishing
• worshiping
• endearing
• grovelling
• cringing
• kissing up to
• coaxing
• worshipping
• flattering
• groveling
• cajoling
• idolizing
• cowering
• adulating
• debasing
• yielding
• demeaning
• overpraising
• abasing
• blandishing
• soft-soaping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disdaining
• despising
• scorning
• jeering
• scoffing
• challenging
• defying
• braving
• gibing
• jibing