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adulatory

(ædʒʊleɪtəri, US -tɔːri)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If someone makes an adulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration of them.
...adulatory reviews.
Synonyms: fawning, worshipping, flattering, sycophantic More Synonyms of adulatory

adulatory in British English

(ˌædjʊˈleɪtərɪ, ˈædjʊˌleɪtərɪ)
adjective
expressing praise, esp obsequiously; flattering

Examples of 'adulatory' in a sentence
adulatory

An ordinary middle-aged man driving a taxi saying what he had to me in the adulatory tone impossible to mistake.
Mosco, Maisie OUT OF THE ASHES
(adjective) 
adulatory reviews
Synonyms
fawning
flanked on all sides by fawning minions
worshipping
flattering
The press was flattering.
sycophantic
his clique of sycophantic friends
servile
He was subservient and servile.
slavish
slavish devotion
obsequious
She is positively obsequious to anyone with a title.
bootlicking (informal)
blandishing
praising

Additional synonyms

in the sense of flattering
The press was flattering.
Synonyms
ingratiating,
complimentary,
gratifying,
fawning,
sugary,
fulsome,
laudatory,
adulatory,
honeyed,
honey-tongued
in the sense of obsequious
Definition
being overattentive in order to gain favour
She is positively obsequious to anyone with a title.
Synonyms
servile,
flattering,
cringing,
fawning,
abject,
submissive,
grovelling,
menial,
subservient,
ingratiating,
deferential,
sycophantic,
slavish,
unctuous,
smarmy (British, informal),
mealy-mouthed,
toadying,
bootlicking (informal),
toadyish
in the sense of servile
Definition
too eager to obey people
He was subservient and servile.
Synonyms
subservient,
cringing,
grovelling,
mean,
low,
base,
humble,
craven,
fawning,
abject,
submissive,
menial,
sycophantic,
slavish,
unctuous,
obsequious,
toadying,
bootlicking (informal),
toadyish

Nearby words of
adulatory

  • adroit
  • adroitness
  • adulation
  • adulatory
  • adult
  • adulterate
  • adulterated

Synonyms of 'adulatory'

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