fawned
Acted overly servile
Fawned is the past tense of fawn, meaning to show exaggerated affection or flattery, typically to gain favor.
The behavior suggests submission or servility, like a dog seeking approval: He fawned over the celebrity, hoping for an introduction.
Separately, a fawn is a young deer, and to fawn in that sense means to give birth to one.
Demeaning self-abasement before another
- kowtowingSubmissive display of respect
- bootlickingServile flattery for advantage
- toadyingObsequious behavior seeking favor
- cringingShrinking in discomfort
crawling · bowing · scraping · genuflecting · prostrating · deferential · subservient · servile
Servilely flattering
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- gushingFlowing out forcefully
- effusiveUnrestrainedly emotional in expression
- unctuousExcessively and insincerely earnest
smarmy · ingratiating · honeyed · sweet-talk · smooth-talking · complimentary · glib · cloying
groveling
Demeaning self-abasement before another
- kowtowingSubmissive display of respect
- bootlickingServile flattery for advantage
- toadyingObsequious behavior seeking favor
cringing · crawling · bowing · scraping · genuflecting · prostrating · deferential · subservient · servile · obedient
sycophantic
Servilely flattering
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- gushingFlowing out forcefully
- effusiveUnrestrainedly emotional in expression
unctuous · smarmy · ingratiating · honeyed · sweet-talk · smooth-talking · complimentary · glib · cloying · insincere
idolized
Regarded with excessive admiration
- worshippedRegarded with religious devotion
- adoredIntensely cherished
- veneratedRegarded with profound respect
revered · glorified · lionized · swooned · gushed · doted · mooned · star-struck · besotted · infatuated
hovered
Stayed airborne in place
coddled · indulged · attended · smothered · clung · shadowed · followed · courted · wooed · pursued
- grovelingkowtowed, prostrated, bootlicked, toadied, brownnosed
fawnedignored
Purposely not noticed
snubbed · neglected · disregarded · slighted · shunned
- fawn overFlatter excessively for favor
- fawn uponFlatter excessively for favor
- fawn responseSurvival through appeasement