fawning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fawning	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fawning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fawning adj attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery Synonym(s): bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish attempting to win favor by flattery Synonym(s): bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fawning}.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. f[91]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See {Fain}.] To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. --Shak. Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. --Macaulay.