adj
Meaning 1
Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fawning
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /fɔːnɪŋ/
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General-American: /fɔnɪŋ/
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cot-caught-merger: /fɑnɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɔːnɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: F AO1 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Servile flattery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of fawn
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
attempting to win favor by flattery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bootlicking, sycophantic, toadyish
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bootlicking, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: раболепен (rabolepen) — seeking favor by way of flattery
- Czech: podlézavý — seeking favor by way of flattery
- Galician: adulador — seeking favor by way of flattery
- Galician: afagador — seeking favor by way of flattery
- German: schmeichelnd — seeking favor by way of flattery
- German: unterwürfig — seeking favor by way of flattery
- German: kriecherisch — seeking favor by way of flattery
- Italian: adulatore — seeking favor by way of flattery
- Latin: blandus — seeking favor by way of flattery
- Romagnol: aduladôr — seeking favor by way of flattery
- Romagnol: adulatôr — seeking favor by way of flattery
- Bulgarian: раболепие (rabolepie) — servile flattery
- Czech: podlézavost — servile flattery
- Czech: podlézání — servile flattery
- Galician: adulación — servile flattery
- German: Schmeichelei — servile flattery
- Ancient Greek: κολακεία (kolakeía) — servile flattery
- Middle English: fawnynge — servile flattery