Antonyms for fawners

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fawn

Phonetic Transcription : fɔn

Definition of fawners

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.

As in minion : noun sycophant
As in sycophant : noun person who caters to another
As in toady : noun sycophant
As in yes-person : noun sycophant
As in apple polisher : noun yes person
As in brownnoser : noun sycophant, toady
As in yes man : noun someone following orders without question
As in adulator : noun sycophant
As in apple-polisher : noun sycophant
As in flatterer : noun complimenter

Example sentences :

The fawners and the cringers think the Zone is all askew, but Uncle never did have use for that that was not true.
Extract from : « Droll Stories of Isthmian Life » by Evelyn Saxton

Fawners and flatterers made a mighty triumph of it, and set up a cry which will occasionally find an echo to this day.
Extract from : « A Child's History of England » by Charles Dickens

He despised time-servers, trimmers, fawners and all sorts and kinds of pretenders.
Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll

Synonyms for fawners

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