adulate

verb

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1
as in to adore
to love or admire too much it's ridiculous how she adulates that airheaded rock star

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2
as in to congratulate
to praise too much a business executive who unwisely surrounds herself with incompetent assistants who spend all their time adulating her

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adulate
  1. adore
  2. congratulate
  3. worship
  4. praise
  5. like
  6. applaud
  7. commend
  8. overpraise
Verb
  • The game was adored by critics and fans, who praised its unique painterly art style and innovative action gameplay, but unfortunately sold quite poorly initially.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Mama June Shannon hopes a new house will help with 'nightmare' loss of her daughter The reality TV matriarch also said Cardwell adored the constant attention that the family's fame brought.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of adore
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  • To seal the night, a sky-high Principessa cake illuminated with sparklers made the rounds, as revelers congratulated the brand’s team and soaked in the festive atmosphere.
    Vogue, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In response, the city's official Facebook page posted a statement congratulating Vance on Wednesday.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of congratulate
Verb
  • Personifying wisdom and fertility, promising success in combat and romance to all who worship at their feet, the goddesses are universally understandable.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • And in that moment, my faith was worshiping this very beautiful man.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of worship
Verb
  • Package your client feedback The exact words clients use to praise you are so valuable in your messaging.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In 2024, culture is boring and stale due to the algorithms calling the shots on what gets produced and praised—or so the critics say.
    T.M. Brown, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of praise
Verb
  • Megyn Kelly didn't like what Caitlin Clark had to say about her own experience of white privilege in the WNBA, and Clark has already responded to Kelly's disapproval.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Anxious dogs that like to obsessively lick, dig or sniff might also like pad toys.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of like
Verb
  • Creative agencies are applauded for their ability to deliver astounding results for their clients by leveraging top-tier talent and a significant amount of resources.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Loud ovations greeted the Carnegie performances, and the musicians themselves applauded their future leader.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of applaud
Verb
  • Jonathan Torres, public information officer for the L.A. County Fire, commended the swift and effective response of all involved, ensuring that the risks were mitigated effectively and efficiently.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That's a great example of natural show evolution that worked and the producers deserve to be commended for it.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of commend
Verb
  • Know-nothings pretend that Schrader’s Bressonian mannerisms reveal the spiritual depths of contemporary crisis, when, in fact, Master Gardener repeats the same social-collapse paranoia that made secular reviewers overpraise the religious, racial, suicide-bomber topics of First Reformed.
    Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2023
  • He’s overpraised of course.
    Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023
Definition of overpraise
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