- obsequious flattery or praise; extreme admiration
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adulation /ˌædjʊˈleɪʃən/ n
ad•u•late /ˈædʒəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing.
ad•u•la•tor, n. [countable]
ad•u•la•to•ry /ˈædʒələˌtɔri/USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to admire or flatter too much:fans adulating a rock star.
ad•u•la•tor, n. [countable]
ad•u•la•to•ry /ˈædʒələˌtɔri/USA pronunciation adj.
ad•u•late
(aj′ə lāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -lat•ed, -lat•ing.
ad′u•la′tion, n.
ad′u•la′tor, n.
ad•u•la•to•ry
(aj′ə lə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation adj.
- to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
- Latin adūlātiōn- (stem of adūlātiō) servile flattery, fawning, equivalent. to adūlāt(us), past participle of adūlārī, -āre to fawn upon (of dogs), apparently a nominal derivative, with ad- ad-, of an otherwise unattested base + -iōn- -ion
- Middle French
- back formation from adulation, Middle English 1770–80
ad′u•la′tor, n.
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