Library / English Dictionary

ADULATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flatter in an obsequious manner

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "adulate" is one way to...):

blandish; flatter (praise somewhat dishonestly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot adulate Sue

Derivation:

adulator (a person who uses flattery)

adulatory (obsequiously complimentary)

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