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Old 08-12-2014, 08:25 AM
 
Location: Northern Virginia
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It's on the tip of my tongue...it starts with a "b" or a "g" I think (?) or maybe not(?)

All you Human thesauruses, Help please :-)
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Old 08-12-2014, 08:31 AM
 
Location: Northern Virginia
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The word on the tip of my tongue was "grovel." So I looked it up to see if it fit. It seems a bit strong for my definition.

What do you think?

Any other suitable words you can think of?
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Old 08-12-2014, 08:34 AM
 
Location: Under the Redwoods
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smothering comes to mind, obsessed, fixated, can't think of anything with a b or g...
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Old 08-12-2014, 08:35 AM
 
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Ingratiate, maybe?

Idealize? Aggrandize?
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Old 08-12-2014, 08:37 AM
 
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fawning
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Old 08-12-2014, 08:40 AM
 
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Fawn, drool, gush, slaver, slobber; endear, ingratiate; court, woo; adulate, idolize, worship; blandish, cajole, coax, flatter, overpraise, soft-soap;
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Old 08-12-2014, 08:49 AM
 
Location: Østenfor sol og vestenfor måne
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Obsequious.
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Old 08-12-2014, 09:09 AM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Cloying.
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Old 08-12-2014, 09:11 AM
 
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It's on the tip of my tongue...it starts with a "b" or a "g" I think (?) or maybe not(?)

All you Human thesauruses, Help please :-)
gush
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Old 08-12-2014, 09:11 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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Sycophantic
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