Adulation
noun
Excessive or slavish admiration or flattery.
She likes the adulation of her fans but she hates the paparazzi.
Often appears as...
- lavish adulation
- seek adulation
noun
Excessive or slavish admiration or flattery.
She likes the adulation of her fans but she hates the paparazzi.
Often appears as...
- lavish adulation
- seek adulation
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Pro Tip 1/3Excessiveness
Adulation implies an over-the-top praise that can be unhealthy or insincere.
His adulation of the celebrity seemed excessive, as he praised her for even the smallest deeds.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Although a positive act, adulation can have a negative connotation, suggesting ingratiation or sycophancy.
The intern's adulation toward the manager was seen as pandering for a promotion.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Figures
Adulation is often directed at celebrities or public figures, rather than personal acquaintances.
The young poet was uncomfortable with the adulation lavished upon him after his first publication.
Pro Tip 1/3Excessiveness
Adulation implies an over-the-top praise that can be unhealthy or insincere.
His adulation of the celebrity seemed excessive, as he praised her for even the smallest deeds.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Although a positive act, adulation can have a negative connotation, suggesting ingratiation or sycophancy.
The intern's adulation toward the manager was seen as pandering for a promotion.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Figures
Adulation is often directed at celebrities or public figures, rather than personal acquaintances.
The young poet was uncomfortable with the adulation lavished upon him after his first publication.
Pro Tip 1/3Excessiveness
Adulation implies an over-the-top praise that can be unhealthy or insincere.
His adulation of the celebrity seemed excessive, as he praised her for even the smallest deeds.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Although a positive act, adulation can have a negative connotation, suggesting ingratiation or sycophancy.
The intern's adulation toward the manager was seen as pandering for a promotion.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Figures
Adulation is often directed at celebrities or public figures, rather than personal acquaintances.
The young poet was uncomfortable with the adulation lavished upon him after his first publication.
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Rufus Griscom and Alisa...
when you layer in moment-to-moment experience. And so we all remember as children, the tiniest little thing -- and we see it on the faces of our children -- the teeniest little thing can just rocket them to these heights of just utter adulation,
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Rufus Griscom and Alisa...
when you layer in moment-to-moment experience. And so we all remember as children, the tiniest little thing -- and we see it on the faces of our children -- the teeniest little thing can just rocket them to these heights of just utter adulation,
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Sameera Reddy
When I joined I was young and silly and made some very stupid decisions, being oblivious to the magnitude of the consequences. I did go a little crazy after Musafir. There was plenty of money and adulation and I would see guys going crazy for me. The songs were a big hit and it was like living the life one only dreams of.
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Tyrone Mings
English Athlete
As much as you want to improve or help the team, as a centre-back your job is to go under the radar and keep the ball out of the net. If you do that and let the strikers get all the adulation and the headlines, then you're probably doing your job.
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Michelle Shocked
American Musician
The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by the audience. You would think you would be a performer partly so you could feel all the appreciation or adulation, but I haven't quite managed that yet.
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Matthew McConaughey
American Actor
In whatever adulation you get, there's truth and there's not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible - there's truth and there's not truth. It's human nature to like to read the adulation more.
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Yuzvendra Chahal
When you play for India and also start performing, your fan base increases, the media highlights your performances. You feel a sense of positivity with all the praise and adulation that comes your way.
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Andy Partridge
Musician
We do this for the art, not the adulation. I'd rather our music get liked and we get ignored. I don't want to be adored for anything other than the music.
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Nell Zink
American Novelist
My whole life, I wanted to write. What validates you as a writer is the adulation of fans... and I've got that... 'Animal Review' is pretty well-known.
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Fawn M. Brodie
American Author
A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.
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Linus Torvalds
Finnish Businessman
Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.
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Jeremy Irons
English Actor
I do what I do because I like doing it. I'm well paid for it. I get far too much adulation compared with what it's worth.
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Sameera Reddy
When I joined I was young and silly and made some very stupid decisions, being oblivious to the magnitude of the consequences. I did go a little crazy after Musafir. There was plenty of money and adulation and I would see guys going crazy for me. The songs were a big hit and it was like living the life one only dreams of.
Quote examples
Tyrone Mings
English Athlete
As much as you want to improve or help the team, as a centre-back your job is to go under the radar and keep the ball out of the net. If you do that and let the strikers get all the adulation and the headlines, then you're probably doing your job.
Quote examples
Michelle Shocked
American Musician
The thing I fail to do is fully comprehend what's given back to me by the audience. You would think you would be a performer partly so you could feel all the appreciation or adulation, but I haven't quite managed that yet.
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Matthew McConaughey
American Actor
In whatever adulation you get, there's truth and there's not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible - there's truth and there's not truth. It's human nature to like to read the adulation more.
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Yuzvendra Chahal
When you play for India and also start performing, your fan base increases, the media highlights your performances. You feel a sense of positivity with all the praise and adulation that comes your way.
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Andy Partridge
Musician
We do this for the art, not the adulation. I'd rather our music get liked and we get ignored. I don't want to be adored for anything other than the music.
Quote examples
Nell Zink
American Novelist
My whole life, I wanted to write. What validates you as a writer is the adulation of fans... and I've got that... 'Animal Review' is pretty well-known.
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Fawn M. Brodie
American Author
A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.
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Linus Torvalds
Finnish Businessman
Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.
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Jeremy Irons
English Actor
I do what I do because I like doing it. I'm well paid for it. I get far too much adulation compared with what it's worth.
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