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fawning

verb , present participle of fawn

Synonyms and Antonyms of fawning

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 of fawning

apple-polishing, bootlicking, fussing, kowtowing, sucking (up), toadying, truckling

Words Related to fawning

drooling, gushing, slavering, slobbering

endearing, ingratiating

courting, wooing

adulating, idolizing, worshipping (also worshiping)

blandishing, cajoling, coaxing, flattering, overpraising, soft-soaping

cowering, cringing, groveling (or grovelling)

abasing, debasing, demeaning

deferring, submitting, yielding

Phrases Synonymous with fawning

currying favor, kissing up to

Near Antonyms of fawning

despising, disdaining, scorning

gibing (or jibing), jeering, scoffing

braving, challenging, defying

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