Meanings
verbfawn over (third-person singular simple present fawns over, present participle fawning over, simple past and past participle fawned over)
present singular third person fawns over · participle present fawning over · participle past fawned over · past fawned over
- transitiveTo praise excessively in order to get a favor.
Synonyms: butter up, kiss up, toady, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brown-nose, butter up
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo praise excessively in order to get a favor.
Translations
German hofieren, umschmeicheln
- hofierenpraise excessively to get a favor
- umschmeichelnpraise excessively to get a favor
- mit Lob überschüttenpraise excessively to get a favor
Greek γλείφω
- γλείφω (gleífo)praise excessively to get a favor
Portuguese bajular, puxar saco
- bajularpraise excessively to get a favor
- puxar sacopraise excessively to get a favor
- fazer médiapraise excessively to get a favor
- rasgar sedapraise excessively to get a favor
Spanish adular a, lisonjear a
- adular apraise excessively to get a favor
- lisonjear apraise excessively to get a favor
Cite this entry
APA
fawn over. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fawn%20over
MLA
“fawn over.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fawn%20over. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fawn over,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fawn%20over.
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