fawn
fawn
verb
Show excessive flattery or subservience to someone.
"She would fawn over the director for promotion."
noun
A young deer, usually under one year old.
"A tiny fawn was hidden in the long grass."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: grayish brown, greyish brown, dun, cower, cringe, crawl, creep, grovel, suck up, truckle, kowtow, kotow