How to pronounce“fawning”in English
this week north korea has been putting on a show for the 10th congress of the socialist patriotic youth league but while the crowds were dutifully
fawning over their leader kim young-furious diplomats were preparing a response to the u.s president in a statement released online
they said the us has now insulted the dignity of our supreme leadership this is an evident sign that it is girding itself up for an all-out
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Definitions of “fawning”
present participle and gerund of fawn
“That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.”
Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.
“Shylock: How like a fawning publican he looks ![…]”
Servile flattery.
“Hamlet: No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.”
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