Fawning
Fawning adjective - Attempting to win favor by flattery.
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Mean and fawning are semantically related in inferior topic. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Fawning", when it comes to topics like cringing, submissive.
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Tamaki is probably the worst offender, going so far as to think his constant fawning for Haruhi could only mean that he sees her as his daughter.
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Although capable of being even more perceptive regarding the feelings of others than Haruhi is, he is oblivious to his own feelings towards Haruhi and thinks that his constant fawning over her can only mean that he thinks of her as a daughter.
Source: Oblivious to Love - When Fitz is nice to Annie, but mean to her fairy master Pepe, he assumes that this trope has spontaneously manifested in a world completely devoid of it - it's actually because Fitz has a fawning girl-crush on Annie, and is jealous that Pepe gets to spend all his time with her.
Source: Fantastic Racism / Video Games
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