Adulatory
adjective
Showing high and excessive praise or admiration.
She gave him an adulatory review that didn't mention any of his faults as a writer.
adjective
Showing high and excessive praise or admiration.
She gave him an adulatory review that didn't mention any of his faults as a writer.
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Often Excessive
Adulatory often indicates excessive praise that can seem insincere.
His adulatory remarks about the CEO felt over the top.
Pro Tip 2/3Possibly Ingratiating
Adulatory can suggest an attempt to gain favor or advantage through flattery.
The intern's adulatory compliments were seen as an attempt to get promoted.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
While adulatory sounds positive, it may carry a negative undertone of fawning or sycophantic behavior.
Critics found the journalist's adulatory profile of the politician quite sycophantic.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Excessive
Adulatory often indicates excessive praise that can seem insincere.
His adulatory remarks about the CEO felt over the top.
Pro Tip 2/3Possibly Ingratiating
Adulatory can suggest an attempt to gain favor or advantage through flattery.
The intern's adulatory compliments were seen as an attempt to get promoted.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
While adulatory sounds positive, it may carry a negative undertone of fawning or sycophantic behavior.
Critics found the journalist's adulatory profile of the politician quite sycophantic.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Excessive
Adulatory often indicates excessive praise that can seem insincere.
His adulatory remarks about the CEO felt over the top.
Pro Tip 2/3Possibly Ingratiating
Adulatory can suggest an attempt to gain favor or advantage through flattery.
The intern's adulatory compliments were seen as an attempt to get promoted.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
While adulatory sounds positive, it may carry a negative undertone of fawning or sycophantic behavior.
Critics found the journalist's adulatory profile of the politician quite sycophantic.
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Quote examples
Donald Hall
American Poet
By 1968, I had lived 10 years in Michigan. Gradually, I had come to love watching Detroit's baseball club in its small, beautiful, antiquated Tiger Stadium - a baseball park as fine as Fenway Park or Wrigley Field, though it never got the adulatory press.
Quote examples
Donald Hall
American Poet
By 1968, I had lived 10 years in Michigan. Gradually, I had come to love watching Detroit's baseball club in its small, beautiful, antiquated Tiger Stadium - a baseball park as fine as Fenway Park or Wrigley Field, though it never got the adulatory press.
Example 1 of 1
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