Definition
Showing excessive flattery or attention to someone, trying to please them in an obvious and often annoying way.
Etymology
From Old English 'fægn' or 'fain' (glad, willing). The verb 'fawn' evolved to mean 'acting glad or willing toward someone,' which eventually carried the negative sense of false flattery.
Kelly Says
The behavior of 'fawning' is actually a mammalian dominance display—young animals crouch and make submissive gestures toward dominant animals, and humans borrowed this exact physical vocabulary for showing excessive deference, which is why a 'fawning' person often seems almost physically uncomfortable in their obsequiousness.
Translations
ARالعربية
مداعبة
madaa-ba
BNবাংলা
সমর্থন
som-or-thon
CACatalà
flatterer
flat-te-rer
CSČeština
chlubící
ch-lub-chi-ci
DADansk
smigrende
smee-gren-de
ELΕλληνικά
υβριστικός
i-bris-ti-kos
FISuomi
ihailtava
i-hai-l-ta-va
FRFrançais
flatteur
flat-tyor
HEעברית
מתחנן
mi-t-cha-nan
HIहिन्दी
प्रशंसा
pra-shan-sa
HUMagyar
szépség
szep-seg
IDBahasa Indonesia
menjilati
men-jil-a-ti
ITItaliano
lusinghiero
loo-sin-ghe-e-ro
KO한국어
부정적인
bu-jeong-dae-keun
MSBahasa Melayu
menjilati
men-jil-a-ti
MYမြန်မာ
ကျွန်တော်
kyun-daw
NLNederlands
geeflijk
geef-lijk
NONorsk
smigrende
smee-gren-de
PLPolski
uprzejmy
up-r-z-e-my
PTPortuguês
servil
ser-vil
RORomână
împătimitor
im-pa-ti-mi-tor
RUРусский
лицемерный
lit-se-mer-nyy
SVSvenska
smickrande
smee-kran-de
SWKiswahili
kujua
koo-yua
TRTürkçe
teslimiyet
tes-li-mi-yet
UKУкраїнська
лесливий
les-li-viy
VITiếng Việt
ngưỡng mộ
ngw-ong-mo