Synonyms of hagiographic

hagiographic

adjective

ˌha-gē-ə-ˈgra-fik 

variants also hagiographical

as in adulatory

overly or insincerely flattering

a hagiographic portrait of one of the pioneers of the automotive age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adulatory
• gushy
• oily
• demonstrative
• sickening
• oleaginous
• soapy
• unctuous
• fulsome
• lavish
• winning
• gushing
• effusive
• cloying
• hypocritical
• extravagant
• sanctimonious
• uninhibited
• drooling
• copious
• insincere
• backhanded
• slobbering
• ingratiating
• mushy
• slavering
• endearing
• unreserved
• artificial
• abundant
• feigned
• profuse
• unrestrained
• two-faced
• mealymouthed
• winsome
• disarming
• left-handed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• genuine
• earnest
• true
• heartfelt
• sincere
• honest
• unaffected
• unpretentious
• ingenuous
• artless
• unpretending
• unfeigned

Examples of hagiographic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even in 1992, post-colonial sentiment was such that Scott’s treatment seemed weirdly hagiographic. —Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023

Russian missile strike kills at least 10 in Lviv, far from front line This week’s hagiographic effort was a mawkish video released by the Kremlin on Tuesday of Putin meeting an 8-year-old Derbent girl summoned to his office. —Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 8 July 2023

All this is well known, yet Ali’s examination remains an important corrective to the hagiographic praise that Churchill receives to this day. —Tariq Ali, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023

Party presses published hagiographic accounts of his life. —Time, 16 June 2023