Antonyms for fawn

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : fawn

Phonetic Transcription : fɔn

Definition of fawn

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.

noun baby deer
verb ingratiate oneself to; serve

Example sentences :

You pet them and fawn on them, and naturally they get conceited.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

I have a pet cat and a chicken, and papa says he will catch me a fawn.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 » by Various

"They have told her to do it," whispered Fawn, and stood firm.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

Fawn ran into the house, brought her jewels, and handed them to her father.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

The huntsman having seized the fawn, will hand it to the keeper.
Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon

He never had at college even; he was as ready to fawn the next day.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

As they could not agree as to who should own the body of the Fawn, they fell to blows.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

The ugly dog began to fawn upon her, but he snarled at everybody else.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

He could have had half the town at his rooms to fawn upon him if he had cared for that sort of thing.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

It is easier to them to fawn than to work, to flatter the great than to follow their example.
Extract from : « The Rambles of a Rat » by A. L. O. E.

Synonyms for fawn

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