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fawning
/ˈfɔ nɪŋ/
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attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
fawning meaning(s)
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- (adj) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- (adj) attempting to win favor by flattery
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- When Steve Jobs holds forth in public, it's usually to a mob of fawning Apple-itesthe true believers who still develop software and accessories for Apple products.
- The overconfident pose, the fawning lackeys, the weird eyewear that suggests that no one can speak directly to himthe North Korean leader is a poster boy for dictatorship.
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fax
/ˈfæks/
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duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio
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fay
/ˈfeɪ/
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a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
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fayetteville
/ˈfeɪ ˌɛt ˌvɪl/
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a town in central West Virginia on the New River
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faze
/ˈfeɪz/
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disturb the composure of
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fazed
/ˈfeɪzd/
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caused to show discomposure
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fbi
a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department…
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fbi agent
a special law-enforcement agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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fcc
an independent government agency that regulates interstate and international communications…
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fcs
a cooperative nationwide system of banks and associations providing credit to farmers…
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fda
a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate…
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fdic
a federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other…
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fdr
32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter…
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fe
/ˈfeɪ/
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a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily…
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feabane mullet
hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to…
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fealty
/ˈfi əl ti/
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the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
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fear
/ˈfɪr/
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an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually…
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fearful
/ˈfɪr fəl/
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experiencing or showing fear
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fearfully
in fear,
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fearfulness
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually…
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fearless
/ˈfɪr ləs/
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oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
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fearlessly
without fear
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fearlessness
feeling no fear
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fearsome
/ˈfɪr səm/
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causing fear or dread or terror