What is "fawn" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does fawn mean in English? Meaning of fawn definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "fawn" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "fawn": a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color

Noun

  • Meaning: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
  • Example: she wore dun
  • Synonyms: dun fawn grayish brown greyish brown
  • Hypernyms: light brown
  • Meaning of "fawn": show submission or fear

    Verb

  • Meaning: show submission or fear
  • Synonyms: cower crawl creep cringe fawn grovel
  • Hypernyms: bend flex
  • Meaning of "fawn": a young deer

    Noun

  • Meaning: a young deer
  • Synonyms: fawn
  • Hypernyms: cervid deer young mammal
  • Meaning of "fawn": try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

    Verb

  • Meaning: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
  • Example: He is always kowtowing to his boss
  • Synonyms: bootlick fawn kotow kowtow suck up toady truckle
  • Hyponyms: court favor court favour curry favor curry favour
  • Hypernyms: blandish flatter
  • Meaning of "fawn": have fawns

    Verb

  • Meaning: have fawns
  • Example: deer fawn
  • Synonyms: fawn
  • Hypernyms: bear birth deliver give birth have
  • Adjective: A young deer.A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn. fawn colour:    (obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp. Holland [The tigress] […] followeth […] after her fawns.Holland [The tigress] […] followeth […] after her fawns.
  • Synonyms:

    yearling, baby buck, baby doe, crouch, grovel, defer, kowtow, flatter, stroke, submit, toady, creep, cotton, pander, debase, snow, scrape, jolly, stoop, woo, cajole, abase, kneel, oil, invite, court, crawl, truckle, blandish, cower, yield, bow, slaver, cringe, massage, apple-polish, brownnose, butter up, curry favor, be at beck and call, be obsequious, be servile, buddy up, cater to, cave in to, fall all over, honey up, lay it on, lick boots, make up to, pay court, play up to, fall on one's knees,

    Antonyms:

    deny, refuse, honor, ignore, reject, force, fight,

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    fawn in English: fawn
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