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adulate (verb)

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  • adulate — adulation ► NOUN ▪ excessive admiration. DERIVATIVES adulate verb adulatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from adulari fawn on …   English terms dictionary

  • adulate — I verb acclaim, admire, applaud, approbate, approve, celebrate, commend, compliment, eulogize, exalt, express, extol, flatter, glorify, idolize, laud, lionize, overpraise, pay tribute to, praise, salute II index overestimate Burton s Legal… …   Law dictionary

  • adulate — verb To flatter effusively …   Wiktionary

  • adulate — transitive verb see adulation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • adulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. flatter (See flattery). II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. flatter, *apple polish, gush, admire, praise, worship, *kiss feet, *brown nose, fawn, *fall all over. ANT.: disrespect, ignore, insult III… …   English dictionary for students

  • adulate — /ˈædʒəleɪt / (say ajuhlayt) verb (t) (adulated, adulating) to show pretended or undiscriminating devotion to; flatter servilely. {Latin adūlātus, past participle} –adulation /ædʒəˈleɪʃən/ (say ajuh layshuhn), noun –adulator, noun –adulatory,… …  

  • adulation — [adjʊ leɪʃ(ə)n] noun excessive admiration. Derivatives adulate verb adulator noun adulatory adjective Origin ME: from L. adulatio(n) , from adulat , adulari fawn on …   English new terms dictionary

  • adulation — ► NOUN ▪ excessive admiration. DERIVATIVES adulate verb adulatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from adulari fawn on …   English terms dictionary

  • adulatory — adulation ► NOUN ▪ excessive admiration. DERIVATIVES adulate verb adulatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from adulari fawn on …   English terms dictionary

  • suck up — verb a) To absorb fluid The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge. b) To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour. Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A …   Wiktionary

  • extol — verb nutritionists extol the virtues of fiber Syn: praise enthusiastically, go into raptures about/over, wax lyrical about, sing the praises of, praise to the skies, acclaim, exalt, eulogize, adulate, rhapsodize over, rave about, enthuse… …   Thesaurus of popular words

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