Fawning - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfɒnɪŋ|
Brit.
|ˈfɔːnɪŋ|
adjective
- attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery (syn: bootlicking, obsequious, sycophantic)
- attempting to win favor by flattery (syn: bootlicking, sycophantic)
- attempting to win favor by flattery (syn: bootlicking, sycophantic)
Extra examples
The forest was closed for hunting because the beasts were supposed to be fawning.
It's no good fawning on the teacher, you have to earn good marks.
Spot was fawning on him as if he understood every word
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