Fawning
['fɔ:niŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fawn
Typist: Rudy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sycophancy, servility, cringing, mean flattery.
Edited by Jason
Examples
- Then, what submission, what cringing and fawning, what servility, what abject humiliation! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A moment afterwards, he was as fawning and as humble as ever. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- That mean, fawning fellow, worm himself into such promotion! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Edited by Jason