fawn over/on sb
disapproving— phrasal verb with fawn uk/fɔːn/us/fɑːn/verb
to praise someone too much and give them a lot of attention that is not sincere, in order to get a positive reaction:
I hate waiters who fawn over you.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- arse-licker
- bow and scrape idiom
- brown-nose
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flatter
- flattery will get you nowhere idiom
- glad-handing
- grovel
- idealize
- ingratiate
- left-handed compliment
- massage sb's ego idiom
- obsequious
- play up to sb
- schmooze
- servile
- slobber
- unctuous
See more results »