" fawning "

1: as in obsequious, subservient;

•  Synonyms : 

•  kowtowing,

•  obeisant,

•  obsequious,

•  servile,

•  slavish,

•  subordinate,

•  subservient,

•  amenable,

•  biddable,

•  compliant,

•  conformable,

•  docile,

•  law-abiding,

•  obedient,

•  submissive,

•  tractable,

•  acquiescent,

•  agreeable,

•  amiable,

•  duteous,

•  dutiful,

•  obliging,

•  placable,

•  soft,

•  surrendering,

•  yielding,

•  decorous,

•  disciplined,

•  mannerly,

•  orderly,

•  constrained,

•  curbed,

•  inhibited,

•  repressed,

•  restrained,

•  controllable,

•  disciplinable,

•  governable,

•  handleable,

•  manageable,

•  tame,

•  teachable,

•  trainable,

•  gentle,

•  meek,

•  mild

•  Antonyms : 

•  insurgent,

•  mutinous,

•  dogged,

•  hardheaded,

•  headstrong,

•  mulish,

•  obdurate,

•  obstinate,

•  peevish,

•  pigheaded,

•  self-willed,

•  stubborn,

•  unyielding,

•  uncontrollable,

•  unmanageable,

•  wild,

•  balky,

•  defiant,

•  perverse,

•  resistant,

•  bad,

•  disorderly,

•  errant,

•  misbehaving,

•  mischievous,

•  naughty,

•  ill-bred,

•  undisciplined,

•  dissident,

•  nonconformist,

•  disrespectful,

•  ill-mannered,

•  impolite,

•  impudent,

•  insolent,

•  rude,

•  contrary,

•  contumacious,

•  disobedient,

•  froward,

•  incompliant,

•  insubordinate,

•  intractable,

•  noncompliant,

•  obstreperous,

•  rebel,

•  rebellious,

•  recalcitrant,

•  refractory,

•  restive,

•  unamenable,

•  ungovernable,

•  unruly,

•  untoward,

•  wayward,

•  willful

1: as in sycophancy, toadying;

•  Synonyms : 

•  sycophancy,

•  toadying,

•  adoration,

•  idolatry,

•  worship,

•  cajolement,

•  cajolery,

•  ingratiation,

•  smarm,

•  caresses,

•  compliments,

•  congratulations,

•  felicitations,

•  greetings,

•  regards,

•  respects,

•  acclaim,

•  applause,

•  commendation,

•  praise,

•  allurements,

•  blandishments,

•  endearments,

•  adulation,

•  blarney,

•  butter,

•  flannel,

•  flattery,

•  incense,

•  overpraise,

•  soft soap,

•  sweet talk,

•  taffy

•  Antonyms : 

•  bad-mouthing,

•  belittlement,

•  depreciation,

•  detraction,

•  disparagement,

•  put-down

1: to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior;

  * e.g., " ... a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher "

•  Synonyms : 

•  apple-polishing,

•  bootlicking,

•  fussing,

•  kowtowing,

•  sucking (up),

•  toadying,

•  truckling

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior;

  * e.g., " ... a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher "

•  Synonyms : 

•  apple-polish,

•  bootlick,

•  fuss,

•  kowtow,

•  suck (up),

•  toady,

•  truckle

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)