Adjective fawning has 1 sense
  1. bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish - attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
    Antonym: sincere (indirect, via insincere)
,Verb fawn has 3 senses
  1. fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel - show submission or fear
    --1 is one way to bend, flex
    Derived form: noun fawner1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. 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
    Derived form: noun fawner1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue fawn
  3. fawn - have fawns; "deer fawn"
    --3 is one way to
    litter
    Derived form: noun fawn2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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