Fawn synonyms

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stoop
(Archaic) To yield or submit
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deer
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dun
An urgent request or demand of payment.
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creep
To move along with the body close to the ground, as on hands and knees, in the way that a baby does
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fall on one's knees
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curry-favor
(Idiomatic) To seek to gain favor by flattery or attention.
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toady
(Intransitive, construed with to) To behave like a toady (to someone).
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truckle
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
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kowtow
To kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission, as formerly done in China.
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grovel (related)
To grovel is defined as to behave humbly or with humility, as if you are standing before authority.
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deferential
Marked by or exhibiting deference.
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fawning
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gnathonic
(Rare) Fawning or flattering
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obsequious
(Archaic) Obedient, compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
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oleaginous
Of or relating to oil.
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parasitical
Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic
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servile
Of or relating to servitude or forced labor.
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toadying
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unctuous
Soft and rich
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deference
Great respect.
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groveling
The act of one who grovels.
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obsequiousness
The quality of being obsequious; servile compliance
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servility
The condition of being servile.
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sycophancy
Sycophancy is defined as the overly fawning behavior of a suck-up.
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unctuosity
The state or characteristic of being unctuous.
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unctuousness
The state or characteristic of being unctuous.
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buck
To make sudden jerky movements; jolt:
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cower
To cringe in fear.
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crawl
(Intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
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ingratiate
Ingratiate is defined as to gain favor by effort.
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kotow
Alternative spelling of kowtow.
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slaver
To slobber; drool.
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sycophant
To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
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wheedle
To influence or persuade (a person) by flattery, soothing words, coaxing, etc.
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yearling
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ignore (antonym)
To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider
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bootlick
(Intransitive) To engage in fawning, servile behavior.
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cringe
(Dated, intransitive) To bow or crouch in servility.
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apple-polish
(US) To attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn
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brownnose
To curry favor with in an obsequious manner; fawn on.
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cotton
To come to understand. Often used with to or onto :
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suck up
(Idiomatic, chiefly with "to") To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
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dance-attendance
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kiss someone's feet
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lick someone's boots
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over (related)
So as to be comprehensible, acceptable, or effective; across:
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greyish-brown
a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
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grayish-brown
a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
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jet-black (related)
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pale (related)
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tabby (related)
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feather (related)
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grizzle (related)
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flatter
To make feel pleased or honored; gratify the vanity of
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court
To pay respectful or flattering attention to (a person) in order to get something
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crouch
(Intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with legs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.
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bow
To bend into a curve or bow.
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kneel
(Intransitive) To stoop down and rest on the knee or knees.
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Fawn Sentence Examples

  • The doe is of a light fawn colour and has no horns.

  • The eyes are large and soft, and a golden fawn is the colour most prized.

  • All the American species are of a nearly uniform dark brown or blackish colour when adult; but it is a curious circumstance that when young (and in this the Malay species conforms with the others) they are conspicuously marked with spots and longitudinal stripes of white or fawn colour on a darker ground.

  • American sorts have coarse thick underwool of a pale fawn or stone colour with a growth of longer black and white hairs, 3 or 4 in.

  • The colour is a light fawn, but it is so pale that it lends itself to be dyed any colour.

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