as in to fuss
to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior
a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher
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Recent Examples of fawn
To add insult to injury, the Academy fawned and buzzed over Clint Eastwood (back row, center, left of statue)’s American Sniper, nominating it for six Academy Awards.
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Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Since then, the internet has fawned over the burgeoning model and singer, who performs under the name LoveLeo.
—Adam England, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Amused when flexing her power, she is fawned over by her crew, who pamper her like a queen.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
The biggest of them all, Joe Rogan, spent the final weeks of the campaign giving many hours of fawning airtime to Trump—and to his running mate, J. D. Vance, and his key allies, such as Elon Musk—before endorsing Trump on the eve of the election.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Since then, the internet has fawned over the burgeoning model and singer, who performs under the name LoveLeo.
—Adam England, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Amused when flexing her power, she is fawned over by her crew, who pamper her like a queen.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
The biggest of them all, Joe Rogan, spent the final weeks of the campaign giving many hours of fawning airtime to Trump—and to his running mate, J. D. Vance, and his key allies, such as Elon Musk—before endorsing Trump on the eve of the election.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fawn
Verb
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No crying or fussing or squirming.—
Danielle Pergament,
SELF,
10 Apr. 2025
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Really good, and if you’re not fussed about mod cons or hybrid tech, one can be sat on your driveway for just £18,850 ($24,388).—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Pay attention for signs of distress: panting, drooling, a high heart rate, dry nose, lethargy, or even vomiting, staggering or seizures.—
Kate Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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The most-common ones include vomiting; diarrhea; lethargy; loss of appetite; drooling; tremors or seizures; difficulty breathing; and pale gums.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The only other psychological need that rivals his thirst for toadying is the pursuit of .—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Hamlet’s toadying friends, the hangers-on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, are Izzard’s own talking hands, popping up to face her like a pair of Muppets.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Feb. 2024
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Unless Trump’s art of the deal is all about truckling to Putin.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Garbarino enjoyed his time with the Southern river rats and mountain folk, and their refusal to truckle to authority delights him to this day.—
David Samuels,
Town & Country,
18 Oct. 2013
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Xi became China’s most powerful political figure in half a century by promoting a new Chinese nationalism—not by kowtowing to anyone, least of all the president of the United States.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
11 Apr. 2025
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And Smoke and Stack are too suspicious to kowtow to these gate crashers.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Fawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fawn. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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