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View usage for: (ædʒʊleɪʃən) uncountable nounAdulation is uncritical admiration and praise of someone or something. The book was received with adulation by critics. Synonyms: extravagant flattery, worship, fawning, sycophancy More Synonyms of adulation adulation in British English (ˌædjʊˈleɪʃən) nounobsequious flattery or praise; extreme admiration Examples of 'adulation' in a sentenceadulation He was arrested but all formal charges were dropped in the light of the public adulation for him.And she received almost universal adulation.But why does it think its own people deserve only adulation, not scrutiny?Not for them the riches, glamour and adulation enjoyed by our pampered soccer stars.Yet when she sought public adulation as a compensation, he felt wounded and bitter.The soldiers know that they won't go home to public adulation or a victory parade.Not for the first time, he was calmed and inspired by public adulation.At the end, he applauded each stand and received rapturous adulation back.Money, fame and adulation are the rewards that the public can confer on a successful celebrity.For some, they are a subject for uncritical adulation.That is what happens when you turn young men into millionaires in a city where they receive so much adulation just forbeing footballers.What did I do to deserve this adulation?But we also imagine what it would be like to have all that money and adulation, and how much happier it would make us.He has deserved neither the adulation nor the contempt, but that's media hype for you.He enjoys adulation, and that's great.Go on, enjoy the adulation for a second or two because it won't last much longer.True, he enjoys the adulation of the fans and the kudos of playing for one of the world's biggest clubs. Definition uncritical admiration The book was received with adulation by the critics. Synonyms extravagant flattery fawning fulsome praise blandishment bootlicking (informal) servile flattery Opposites abuse, ridicule , condemnation , censure , vilification , disparagement , vituperation , revilement , calumniation Additional synonymssnobbery, sycophancy and nepotism Synonyms obsequiousness, grovelling, servility, cringing, fawning, adulation, flattery, kowtowing, truckling, bootlicking (informal), toadyism, slavishness Definition intense love or devotion to a person The temple had been a centre of worship of the goddess Hathor. Synonyms reverence, praise, love, regard, respect, honour, glory, prayer(s), devotion, homage, adulation, adoration, admiration, exaltation, glorification, deification, laudation - adrift
- adroit
- adroitness
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