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fawn

/fɔːn/verb

उच्चारण फ़ॉन

चापलूसी करना, जी-हुज़ूरी करना

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SSC CHSL Pre 2023
verb
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    [I] ~ (on/over sb) disapproving

    to try to please somebody by praising them or paying them too much attention

    चापलूसी करना, जी-हुज़ूरी करना

    • He fawned over the minister.
    • Courtiers fawned over the king, praising every decision he made.
    • Salesmen fawned over the rich customer, laughing at all his jokes.
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    • The new employees tend to fawn on the manager, hoping for a promotion.
    • I refuse to fawn over anyone just to get a favour.

    Synonyms flatter grovel toady crawl kowtow

    Opposite disdain snub ignore

noun
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    [C]

    a deer less than one year old

    हिरण का बच्चा, मृगछौना

    • a fawn and its mother
    • A newborn fawn stood on shaky legs at the edge of the forest.
    • A fawn followed its mother quietly through the tall grass.
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    • Tourists at the sanctuary spotted a spotted fawn near the pond.
    • The forest officer rescued a fawn that had lost its mother.
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    [U]

    a light yellowish-brown colour

    हल्का पीला-भूरा रंग

    • a fawn coat
    • She chose fawn curtains to match the sofa.
    • The puppy had a soft fawn coat with a white patch on its chest.
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    • Fawn is a calm colour for the walls of a bedroom.
    • She wore a fawn shawl over her blue kurta.

    Synonyms beige tan khaki buff

◇Word family
fawning adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

flatter grovel toady crawl kowtow beige tan khaki buff

Antonyms

disdain snub ignore

?Which word?

Homophone: fawn and faun (a creature in Roman myths, half man and half goat).

Homophone: fawn और faun (रोमन मिथकों का आधा मनुष्य आधा बकरा जीव)।

Keep the flatter words together: fawn, grovel (behave too humbly to get forgiveness or favour), toady (flatter powerful people), kowtow (show too much respect, from Chinese), bootlick (informal), suck up to (informal).

चापलूसी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: fawn, grovel (क्षमा या कृपा के लिए अत्यधिक दीनता), toady (शक्तिशाली लोगों की चापलूसी), kowtow (अत्यधिक सम्मान दिखाना, चीनी से), bootlick (अनौपचारिक), suck up to (अनौपचारिक)।

§Grammar and usage

Fawn on or over sb ('fawn over the boss').

'Fawn on sb' या 'fawn over sb' का अर्थ है किसी की चापलूसी करना, जैसे 'fawn over the boss' (बॉस की खुशामद करना)।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

A person who fawns is a sycophant, toady or flatterer.

चापलूसी करने वाला sycophant, toady या flatterer।