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Adulatory

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. In the manner of adulation; overly flattering.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Characterized by adulation; fulsomely flattering; servilely praising: as, an adulatory address.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. obsequiously complimentary

Word Usage

"They are also feeble cultures that endulge this kind of adulatory abuse, in that they know that their hatred has no consequences to them personally, because Americans are more likely to behave like thoughtful adults that they would."

Equivalent

flattering

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

flattering

Same Context

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