As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
(adjective) attempting to win favor by flattery
bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish
(adjective) attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fawning
present participle of fawn
fawning
Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.
fawning (plural fawnings)
Servile flattery.
Source: Wiktionary
Fawn, n. Etym: [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See Fetus.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.] [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. Holland.
3. A fawn color.
Fawn, a.
Definition: Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
Fawn, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. faonner.]
Definition: To bring forth a fawn.
Fawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning.] Etym: [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. fægnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See Fain.]
Definition: To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. Shak. Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. Macaulay.
Fawn, n.
Definition: A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
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As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.