fawn

fawn is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
2. noun. The young of an animal; a whelp.
3. noun. A fawn color.
4. adjective. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
5. intransitive verb. To bring forth a fawn.
6. intransitive verb. To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
7. noun. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.
8. noun. a young deer
9. noun. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color

   "she wore dun"

   Synonyms: dun

10. verb. have fawns

    "deer fawn"

11. verb. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

    "He is always kowtowing to his boss"

    Synonyms: bootlick, kotow, kowtow, toady, truckle

12. verb. show submission or fear

    Synonyms: cower, crawl, creep, cringe, grovel

Synonyms

dun, bootlick, kotow, kowtow, toady, truckle, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, grovel

Common word forms

fawns, fawned, fawner, fawning

Words from these letters

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