noun
Excessive flattery or admiration.
Origin of adulation
Middle English adulacioun from Old French from Latin adūlātiō adūlātiōn- from adūlātus past participle of adūlārī to flatter
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The definition of adulation is intense adoration.
An example of adulation may be a couple who is very much in love.
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Sentence Examples
- She expressed disdain at the adulation the industry gives to beauty over talent.
- Your strong desire for public adulation can become the single driving force in your life.
- The conspiracy of Cadoudal and Pichegru, after Bonapartes refusal to give place to Louis XVIII., and the political execution of the duc dEnghien, provoked an outburst of adulation, of which Bonaparte took advantage to put the crowning touch to his ambitious dream.
- His letters and his poems abound in impudent demands for money from patrons, some of them couched in language of the lowest adulation, and others savouring of literary brigandage.
- The inhabitants of Berlin, headed by their mayor, came out to meet him, and the newspapers lavished adulation on the victors and abuse on the beaten army.
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