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fawn

noun

1 fawn

A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color.

synonyms: dun, grayish brown, greyish brown.

2 fawn

A young deer.

Dutch: hertenjong, reebruin, hertejong, hindekalf
Polish: sarniÄ™, sarniÄ…tko

verb

1 fawn

Show submission or fear.

synonyms: cower, crawl, creep, cringe, grovel.

Roget 886: cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee; fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself; worship etc. 990.    sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, ... show more

Dutch: kruipen

2 fawn

Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering.

synonyms: bootlick, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle.

Dutch: lijmen

3 fawn

Have fawns.


Moby thesaurus: Cape elk, Virginia deer, abase, antelope, apple-polish, be confined, bear, bear a child, bear young, beige, bend the knee, birdling, blandish, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet ... show more.

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