fawns
Flatters with excess
Fawns are young deer, typically less than a year old, known for their spotted coats that provide camouflage in dappled forest light.
The word also functions as a verb meaning to show affection or seek favor through excessive flattery and attention, much like a young animal might nuzzle its parent.
The politician's aides fawned over every word he said.
Someone who fawns behaves in an obsequious, servile manner that often comes across as insincere.
Servile praise-giver
- ingratiateSeek another's approval
- grovelHumble oneself servilely
- kowtowExcessive deference shown physically
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
bootlick · obsequious · servile · flatter · compliment · praise · adulate · court
Infant just delivered
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- yearlingAnimal aged one
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- wobblyTending to teeter
dependent · juvenile · suckling · birth · spring · mother · nurturing · protective
doe
Adult female deer
antlers · hoof · venison · wildlife · forest · meadow · grazing · browsing · habitat · ruminant
sycophant
Servile praise-giver
- ingratiateSeek another's approval
- grovelHumble oneself servilely
- kowtowExcessive deference shown physically
toady · bootlick · obsequious · servile · flatter · compliment · praise · adulate · court · curry favor
newborn
Infant just delivered
wobbly · dependent · juvenile · suckling · birth · spring · mother · nurturing · protective · maternal
gentle
Soft and kind
pure · guileless · wide-eyed · vulnerable · meek · harmless · shy · skittish · wary · startled
lithe
Supple and graceful
slender · leaping · bounding · prancing · springing · light-footed · fleet · swift · elegant · dainty
- fawn overFlatter excessively for favor
- fawn uponFlatter excessively for favor
- fawn responseSurvival through appeasement