Nouns (4)
fawn
n. young deer
dun, grayish brown, greyish brown
n. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun"
Verbs (12)
fawn
v. have fawns; "deer fawn"
truckle, kowtow, kotow, toady, bootlick, suck up
v. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
v. show submission or fear
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Fuzzynyms (62)
gray, grey, grayness, greyness
n. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
adore
v. love intensely; "he just adored his wife"
worship, revere, idolize, hero-worship
v. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"
praise
v. express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"
crawl, fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
v. show submission or fear
yield, quail, give way, stop resisting, be overpowered by
v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
kneel, be on one's knees
v. rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"
flatter, blandish
v. praise somewhat dishonestly
coax, palaver, blarney, wheedle, cajole, sweet-talk, inveigle
v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
fawn, truckle, kowtow, kotow, toady, bootlick, suck up
v. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
clamber, scramble, struggle, skin, shin, sputter, shinny
v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
crawl, creep
v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
wince, flinch, quail, squinch, recoil, shrink, funk, cringe
v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
grimace, make a face
v. contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"
shudder, shiver, throb, thrill
v. tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
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