as in obsequious
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as in sycophancy
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as in fussing
to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior
a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fawning
Adjective
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And the obsequious fealty shown to him by the Republican Party reinforces why a president running amok should never have this much power again.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2025 -
Republicans insist Zelenskyy hasn’t been sufficiently obsequious to the United States, which is a point Vance hammered.—
The Editorial Board,
Orange County Register,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Carro's paper suggests that obvious sycophancy significantly reduces user trust.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
21 Apr. 2025
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Hierarchies breed a hell of a lot of sycophancy and resentment, and this one is no different.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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So Alex dons a uniform, buses tables and engages in servile labor for the first time in her life.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
23 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s servile devotion to Putin becomes the new norm overnight as Republicans cower in support of Trump’s new Putin policy.—
Bob Kustra,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Joseph Lawrence, whose adoration of his first wife blinds him to all other women, is getting dragged to the strip club.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2025
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TikTok users were quick to share their adoration of the special moment.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Nonetheless, the film’s tension is almost immediately diffused by a slavish devotion to the facts.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Yet in Kim’s slavish dedication to the Jeju haenyeo’s testimony, many questions that arise in this setting are left unexplored.—
Geoffrey Bunting,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Whatever else is printed—articles about religion, Israel, humor pieces—is subordinate to the obituaries.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Mechthild Heil, who leads a group of women in Mr. Merz’s Christian Democratic Union, is concerned about the subordinate role women play in the party.—
Christopher F. Schuetze,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Dozens of hospitals, clinics shuttered In less than four years, Haiti has seen the destruction and closure of dozens of hospitals and medical clinics as armed groups take over entire towns and set up encampments in places of worship, private homes and buildings that once saved lived.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
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More and more, Sister was a being that was beyond human, a figure of reverence and worship who possessed supernatural powers.—
Claire Hoffman,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And, when the U.S. government began requesting the extradition of the leaders, the Salvadoran courts, subservient to Bukele, repeatedly found excuses to avoid handing them over.—
Danielle Mackey,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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Professional associations, such as the Association of German Universities, stayed silent, ignoring key opportunities to resist before universities lost their autonomy and became subservient to the Nazi state.—
Iveta Silova,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Fawning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fawning. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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