adulate
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
Origin of adulate
1Other words from adulate
- ad·u·la·tion, noun
- ad·u·la·tor, noun
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How to use adulate in a sentence
She is not, however, without loyal adulators of her own time and race.
The nation was bewildered, and knew not which to believe—its critics and censors, or its adulators and encomiasts.
History of the Jews, Vol. I (of 6) | Heinrich GraetzLike most men possessed of high renown, who profit by the credulity of their contemporaries, he had a host of fanatical adulators.
A World of Wonders | VariousTo distinguish the good from the bad requires study, and we must learn how to get rid of chatterers and adulators.
Thoughts on Art and Autobiographical Memoirs of Giovanni Dupr | Giovanni DuprI cannot range myself among those adulators who have accused the persons about him with having dissuaded him from peace.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
British Dictionary definitions for adulate
/ (ˈædjʊˌleɪt) /
(tr) to flatter or praise obsequiously
Origin of adulate
1Derived forms of adulate
- adulator, noun
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