slovodefinícia
fawning
(encz)
fawning,podlézavý adj: Zdeněk Brož
Fawning
(gcide)
Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fawning.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice,
welcome, flatter, AS. f[ae]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.
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You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like
hounds. --Shak.
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Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton.
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Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.
--Macaulay.
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fawning
(wn)
fawning
adj 1: attempting to win favor from influential people by
flattery [syn: bootlicking, fawning, obsequious,
sycophantic, toadyish]
2: attempting to win favor by flattery [syn: bootlicking,
fawning, sycophantic, toadyish]
podobné slovodefinícia
fawning
(encz)
fawning,podlézavý adj: Zdeněk Brož
fawningly
(encz)
fawningly,
Fawningly
(gcide)
Fawningly \Fawn"ing*ly\, adv.
In a fawning manner.
[1913 Webster]
fawning
(wn)
fawning
adj 1: attempting to win favor from influential people by
flattery [syn: bootlicking, fawning, obsequious,
sycophantic, toadyish]
2: attempting to win favor by flattery [syn: bootlicking,
fawning, sycophantic, toadyish]

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