adulate
[ aj-uh-leyt ]
/ ˈædʒ əˌleɪt /
verb (used with object), ad·u·lat·ed, ad·u·lat·ing.
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
Origin of adulate
First recorded in 1770–80; back formation from
adulation
OTHER WORDS FROM adulate
ad·u·la·tion, noun ad·u·la·tor, nounWords nearby adulate
adterminal,
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aduki,
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adularia,
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adullamite,
adult,
adult education
Example sentences from the Web for adulator
But their good sense would despise the adulator who should pretend that they always reason right about the means of promoting it.
Democracy In America, Volume 1 (of 2) |Alexis de ToquevilleI fear that Virgil was harmed by the Georgican success, and became more than ever an adulator of the ruling powers.
British Dictionary definitions for adulator
adulate
/ (ˈædjʊˌleɪt) /
verb
(tr)
to flatter or praise obsequiously
Derived forms of adulate
adulator, nounWord Origin for adulate
C17: back formation from C15
adulation, from Latin
adūlāri to flatter