Adulation Definition

ăjə-lāshən
noun
Excessive flattery or admiration.
American Heritage

Flattery; fulsome praise.

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Other Word Forms of Adulation

Noun

Singular:
adulation
Plural:
adulations

Origin of Adulation

  • Middle English adulacioun from Old French from Latin adūlātiō adūlātiōn- from adūlātus past participle of adūlārī to flatter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French adulation, from Latin adulātio (“flattery").

    From Wiktionary

Adulation 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.

  • It does not deserve the charge of mendacity brought against it by some, though the adulation of others is nearly as injudicious.

  • Demosthenes points out that such adulation is as futile as it is fulsome.

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NONION

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