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Adjective fawning has 1 sense
- bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish - attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Antonym: sincere (indirect, via insincere)
Verb fawn has 3 senses
- fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel - show submission or fear
--1 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up - try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
--2 is one way to flatter, blandish
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue fawn
- fawn - have fawns; "deer fawn"
--3 is one way to litter
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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