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
I began by adulating him, and now no one can say that that is my precise attitude towards him.
He had received the most adulating assurances of support for his candidacies and his policies.
Under the Prophet in Utah | Frank J. Cannon and Harvey J. O'HigginsThey made no advances and did none of the hateful homage of the adulating male.
Sea and Sardinia | D. H. LawrenceAfter the Cloth was taken away, the adulating Chorus was repeated.
Zadig | Voltaire
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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