fawn over
Shower with praise
To fawn over someone is to lavish them with excessive attention and flattery, often in a way that seems insincere or sycophantic: The staff fawned over the celebrity.
The phrase suggests eagerness to please that borders on the undignified, like a young deer (fawn) seeking affection from its mother.
Words expressing approval
- butter upFlatter insincerely for advantage
- schmoozeChat to gain favor
- ingratiateSeek another's approval
- gushFlow out forcefully
sweet-talk · flatter · apple-polish · brownnose · lay it on thick · charm offensive · soft-soap · cajole
Deep respect felt
- adorationProfound loving regard
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- idolizationExtreme reverent admiration
- venerationProfound admiring respect
reverence · praise · exaltation · hero worship · devotion · glorification · lionize · put on a pedestal
- pamperIndulge excessively
- coddleOverindulge or poach gently
- cherishValue with deep affection
- indulgeSatisfy a craving
spoil · baby · tenderness · nurture · attentive · solicitous · devoted · adoring
Servile praise-giver
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
groveling · kowtow · unctuous · smarmy · oleaginous · slavish · subservient · yes-man
compliment
Words expressing approval
- butter upFlatter insincerely for advantage
- schmoozeChat to gain favor
- ingratiateSeek another's approval
gush · sweet-talk · flatter · apple-polish · brownnose · lay it on thick · charm offensive · soft-soap · cajole · blandishment
admiration
Deep respect felt
- adorationProfound loving regard
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- idolizationExtreme reverent admiration
veneration · reverence · praise · exaltation · hero worship · devotion · glorification · lionize · put on a pedestal · starry-eyed
dote on
indulge · spoil · baby · tenderness · nurture · attentive · solicitous · devoted · adoring · besotted
sycophant
Servile praise-giver
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
- bootlickerServile flatterer of superiors
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
servile · groveling · kowtow · unctuous · smarmy · oleaginous · slavish · subservient · yes-man · lackey
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments
- admirerespect, esteem, praise, honor, revere