Antonyms for fawned

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fawn

Phonetic Transcription : fɔn

Definition of fawned

Origin : "young deer," mid-14c., from Anglo-French (late 13c.), Old French faon, feon "young animal" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *fetonem (nominative *feto), from Latin fetus "an offspring" (see fetus). Still used of the young of any animal in King James I's private translation of the Psalms, but mainly of deer from 15c. Color use is 1881.

verb ingratiate oneself to; serve

Example sentences :

Also, like a faithful dog, Guido Bombini fawned close to him.
Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

That girl's eyes, like a little adoring dog's—that girl, who had fawned on her so!
Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy

I returned his caresses as he fawned on me, finding me not dead as he supposed.
Extract from : « In the Wilds of Florida » by W.H.G. Kingston

Ugly and cross as the dog was, he fawned on her, and the old woman had left him to her care.
Extract from : « Granny's Wonderful Chair » by Frances Browne

Ucatella was the first to see him coming, and came and fawned on him with delight.
Extract from : « A Simpleton » by Charles Reade

When it saw the hermit tending its master, it fawned at his feet.
Extract from : « King Arthur and His Knights » by Maude L. Radford

She stood in the shop door, and looked lovingly down on us as we fawned on her.
Extract from : « Beautiful Joe » by Marshall Saunders

“Well, well, you do know what you want,” fawned the shoeman.
Extract from : « The Innocents » by Sinclair Lewis

Bad as it is to be fawned upon, it is better than to be bitten.
Extract from : « Mr. Punch At Home » by Various

He was looked upon as the world's jester when Wilde fawned upon him.
Extract from : « The Life of James McNeill Whistler » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

Synonyms for fawned

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