Phrase guide

fawn over

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To praise excessively in order to get a favor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: butter up, kiss up, toady, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brownnose, dickride, duchess, fawn, fawn over, fellate, flannel, honey around, honey up, kiss someone's ass, kiss someone's ring, kowtow, lick someone's ass, lick someone's balls, overflatter, overpraise, overrate, suck up

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Galician: enxalzar — praise excessively to get a favor
  • Galician: exaltar — praise excessively to get a favor
  • Galician: encomiar — praise excessively to get a favor
  • Galician: gabar — praise excessively to get a favor
  • German: hofieren — praise excessively to get a favor
  • German: umschmeicheln — praise excessively to get a favor
  • German: mit Lob überschütten — praise excessively to get a favor
  • Portuguese: bajular — praise excessively to get a favor
  • Portuguese: puxar saco — praise excessively to get a favor
  • Portuguese: fazer média — praise excessively to get a favor
  • Portuguese: rasgar seda — praise excessively to get a favor
  • Spanish: adular a — praise excessively to get a favor
  • Spanish: lisonjear a — praise excessively to get a favor