fawn+upon

  • 81toadying — toad·y || təʊdɪ n. flatterer, sycophant, parasite v. flatter in the hope of gaining favor, fawn upon …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 82wheedle — v. a. 1. Flatter, cajole. 2. Inveigle, humor, court, fawn upon, coax, pay court to …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 83court — I. n. 1. Royal household, princely retinue. 2. Judicial tribunal, court of justice. 3. Courtyard, inclosed area, quadrangle. 4. Solicitation(s), addresses, civilities, flattering attention, respects, homage. II. v. a. 1. Flatter, coddle, try to… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 84flatten — I. v. a. Make flat (in all the senses of the adjective; which see). II. v. a. 1. Compliment, gratify by praise. 2. Cajole, wheedle, blandish, humor, coax, court, coddle, pay court to, fawn upon, curry favor with, try to win by adulation, make… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 85truckle — I. v. a. Trundle, roll. II. v. n. Cringe, stoop, crouch, submit, knuckle, yield (obsequiously), bend the knee, knock under, be servile, bend obsequiously, fawn upon, curry favor with …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 86court — n 1. courtyard, yard, enclosure, close, quadrangle, Inf. quad, Fort. parade; peristyle, patio, veranda, cloister; square, plaza, esplanade, It. piazza, Fr. place. 2. lane, way, drive, circle; alley, row, Chiefly Brit. mews, Chiefly Brit. terrace; …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 87romance — n 1. fiction, novel, story, tale, narrative; love story, torrid romance; fairy tale, heroic epic, legend, science fiction, fantasy, Western, spy thriller, Inf. thriller; Gothic novel, horror story, ghost story, Inf. spine tingler. 2. invention,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 88shine — v 1. glow, radiate, irradiate, illuminate; glare, beam, gleam, gloze, streak, flash, coruscate, fulgurate; light, light up, luminesce, incandesce, phosphoresce; glimmer, glitter, shimmer, flicker, twinkle; sparkle, glint, glisten, Archaic.… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 89suck — v 1.(all in reference to or by means of the mouth) draw into, take in; pull at, extract; dissolve, absorb. 2. ingest, eat, mouth; drink, sip, quaff, imbibe. 3. suck in Slang. deceive, mislead, misinform; cozen, dupe, gull, defraud; bamboozle,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 90adulation — ad•u•la•tion [[t]ˌædʒ əˈleɪ ʃən[/t]] n. cv excessive admiration or devotion; servile flattery • Etymology: 1375–1400; ME < MF < L adūlātiō servile flattery, fawning = adūlā(rī), ā(re) to fawn upon (of dogs) + tiō tion …

    From formal English to slang