Synonyms for fawned
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fawn |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔn |
Top 10 synonyms for fawned Other synonyms for the word fawned
- apple-polish
- be at beck and call
- be obsequious
- be servile
- brownnose
- buddy up
- butter up
- cater to
- cave in to
- creep
- cringe
- curry favor
- debase
- defer
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- flatter
- honey up
- invite
- jolly
- kneel
- kowtow
- lay it on
- lick boots
- make up to
- massage
- oil
- pander
- pay court
- play up to
- scrape
- slaver
- snow
- stoop
- stroke
- submit
- toady
- truckle
- woo
- yield
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for fawned
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