adjective
- showing exaggerated attention or affection in order to gain favor or approval
Usage: often disapproving
Examples
- The celebrity was surrounded by fawning admirers.
- His fawning behavior toward the boss made his colleagues uncomfortable.
- She gave a fawning interview that avoided any difficult questions.
- The fawning praise seemed insincere and calculated.
- I was disgusted by their fawning attitude toward wealth and power.
- The politician’s fawning supporters cheered at every word.