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fawning
adjective as in deferential, groveling
Example Sentences
These groups deserve shame, scorn and diplomatic rebuke — not fawning sympathy and United Nations red carpets.
On Comedy Central, Stewart took a similar satirical approach, becoming a fawning and "patriotically obediant host" of an "all-new government approved Daily Show".
Proxmire became addicted to the fawning press attention he got from caricaturing serious scientific research as ludicrous.
Yet his fawning followers continue to reinforce their Dear Leader’s fantasy.
The term carries an intensely pejorative connotation in the group and speaks to the imbalance of power between the singer and his fawning entourage.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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