About The Word Adulation
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Adulation
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What's The Definition Of Adulation?
[n] servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
Synonyms | Synonyms for Adulation: Related Terms | Find terms related to Adulation: acclaim | accolade | apotheosis | applause | bepraisement | blandishment | blarney | bunkum | cajolement | cajolery | compliment | congratulation | deification | eloge | encomium | eulogium | eulogy | exaltation | excessive praise | eyewash | fair words | fawning | flattery | glorification | glory | grease | hero worship | homage | hommage | honeyed phrases | honeyed words | honor | idolatry | idolizing | incense | kudos | laud | laudation | lionizing | magnification | meed of praise | oil | overpraise | paean | palaver | panegyric | praise | pretty lies | soap | soft soap | sweet nothings | sweet talk | sweet words | sycophancy | tribute | wheedling See Also | flattery Adulation In Webster's Dictionary \Ad`u*la"tion\, n. [F. adulation, fr. L. adulatio, fr.
adulari, adulatum, to flatter.]
Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is
merited.
Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles
blown from adulation? --Shak.
Syn: Sycophancy; cringing; fawning; obsequiousness;
blandishment.
Usage: {Adulation}, {Flattery}, {Compliment}. Men deal in
compliments from a desire to please; they use flattery
either from undue admiration, or a wish to gratify
vanity; they practice adulation from sordid motives,
and with a mingled spirit of falsehood and hypocrisy.
Compliment may be a sincere expression of due respect
and esteem, or it may be unmeaning; flattery is apt to
become gross; adulation is always servile, and usually
fulsome.
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