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fawning
adjective as in deferential, groveling
Example Sentences
What was less noted after that first episode was the fawning and flattery — “Your success!”
Scott wanted to be home, fawning over grandchildren.
There was a time when White House briefings didn’t include fawning reporters eager to be seen and heard as they bowed and scraped in front of the press secretary.
He is expected to describe Reform UK leader Nigel Farage as "fawning over Trump and licking his boots", and being "more interested in advancing Trump's agenda over here than the UK's interests over there".
She was spicy without immolating her targets, respectful without feeling phony or fawning.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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