fawning
faw ning
- v show submission or fear
- v try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- v have fawns
- s attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- s attempting to win favor by flattery
- On any given afternoon, parents are out in force, fawning over their immaculately dressed sons and daughters as they prepare for extracurricular classes in English, computer .
- 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.
- 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.