Meaning

1 senses

  1. To praise excessively in order to get a favor.

    hofieren, umschmeicheln, mit Lob überschütten

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Don't fawn over him!

    Не прогибайся під нього! — deniko

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  2. The atmosphere in the White House was one of constant fawning over Tom, and little else.

    У Білому домі панувала атмосфера безперервного вихваляння Тома, і майже нічого більше не відбувалося. — deniko

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
praise excessively to get a favor:

Forms

fawns over, fawning over, fawned over, fawned over
Base formfawn over · to fawn over
3rd person singularfawns over
Present participlefawning over
Past simplefawned over
Past participlefawned over

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfawn over
he, she, itfawns over

Past simpleLesson

all personsfawned over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fawned over
he, she, ithas fawned over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fawn over

Synonyms

24 synonyms
butter upkiss uptoadyapple-polishbootlickbow and scrapebrownnosedickrideduchessfawnfellateflannelhoney aroundhoney up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
favouriteA1fawnfaxB1fazefealty
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