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overfawn

overfawn verb: to fawn or flatter grossly or excessively.

Verb

overfawn (third-person singular simple present overfawns, present participle overfawning, simple past and past participle overfawned)

  1. (transitive) To fawn or flatter grossly or excessively.

Forms of overfawn

third-person singular presentoverfawns
present participleoverfawning
past participleoverfawned
pastoverfawned

Origin of overfawn

From over- + fawn.

Questions about overfawn

What does overfawn mean?
Overfawn means to fawn or flatter grossly or excessively.
What part of speech is overfawn?
Overfawn is a verb.
What is the past tense of overfawn?
The past tense of overfawn is overfawned.

Words near overfawn in the dictionary

  1. overfavors
  2. overfavour
  3. overfavoured
  4. overfavouring
  5. overfavours
  6. overfawn
  7. overfawned
  8. overfawning
  9. overfawns
  10. overfear
  11. overfeared

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