Adulation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Excessive flattery or admiration.
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  • n. Flattery; fulsome praise.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Servile flattery; excessive or unmerited praise; exaggerated compliment.
  • n. Synonyms Adulation, Flattery, Compliment. These are varieties of praise. Adulation is servile and fulsome, proceeding either from a blind worship or from the hope of advantage. It may not be, but generally is, addressed directly to its object. Flattery is addressed to the person flattered; its object is to gratify vanity, with or without a selfish ulterior object. It is generally praise beyond justice. Compliment is milder, and may be expressive of the truth; it may be sincere and designed to encourage or to express respect and esteem. We may speak of a compliment, but not of an adulation or a flattery. Adulation of the conqueror; gross or delicate flattery of those in power; the language of compliment. In conduct, the correspondent to adulation is obsequiousness.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flattery   
    Cross Reference
    admiration    adoration   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    obsequiousness    blandishment    sycophancy    fawning    cringing   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    flattery    adoration    calumny    deference    plaudits   
     
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