"fawning" in the verb sense
1. fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
show submission or fear
2. fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
"He is always kowtowing to his boss"
3. fawn
have fawns
"deer fawn"
"fawning" in the adjective sense
1. bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
2. bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
attempting to win favor by flattery
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