Adulate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To praise or admire excessively; fawn on.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To flatter effusively
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To flatter in a servile way.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To show feigned devotion to; flatter servilely.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. flatter in an obsequious manner
  • Verb Form
    adulated    adulates    adulating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blandish    flatter   
    Form
    adulatory    adulation    adulator   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flatte   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    flagellate