adulate
[ aj-uh-leyt ]
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR ADULATE
It is true, people are permitted to adulate slavery—so they are allowed to adulate kings, where kings reign.
She whom such songs were meant to adulate or win, frequently was the wife of the Troubadours lord.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR ADULATE
- adulate
- beslaver
- blandish
- bootlick
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- charm
- con
- court
- fawn
- get next to
- glorify
- grovel
- humor
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- massage
- oil
- overpraise
- play up to
- praise
- rub the right way
- salve
- sell
- snow
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- toady
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
- admire
- adulate
- be attached to
- be captivated by
- be crazy about
- be enamored of
- be enchanted by
- be fascinated with
- be fond of
- be in love with
- canonize
- care for
- cherish
- choose
- deify
- delight in
- dote on
- esteem
- exalt
- fall for
- fancy
- glorify
- go for
- gone on
- have affection for
- have it bad
- hold dear
- hold high
- idolize
- long for
- lose one's heart to
- prefer
- prize
- put on pedestal
- think the world of
- thrive with
- treasure
- venerate
- wild for
- worship
- admire
- adulate
- be attached to
- be captivated by
- be crazy about
- be enamored of
- be enchanted by
- be fascinated with
- be fond of
- be in love with
- canonize
- care for
- cherish
- choose
- deify
- delight in
- dote on
- esteem
- exalt
- fall for
- fancy
- glorify
- go for
- gone on
- have affection for
- have it bad
- hold dear
- hold high
- idolize
- long for
- lose one's heart to
- prefer
- prize
- put on pedestal
- think the world of
- thrive with
- treasure
- venerate
- wild for
- worship
- acclaim
- admire
- adulate
- advocate
- aggrandize
- applaud
- appreciate
- approve
- bless
- boost
- bow down
- build up
- cajole
- celebrate
- cheer
- cite
- clap
- commend
- compliment
- cry up
- dignify
- distinguish
- elevate
- endorse
- ennoble
- eulogize
- exalt
- extol
- flatter
- give thanks
- glorify
- hail
- honor
- laud
- make much of
- panegyrize
- pay homage
- pay tribute
- proclaim
- puff
- rave over
- recommend
- resound
- reverence
- root
- sanction
- sing the praises
- smile on
- stroke
- tout
- worship
- acclaim
- admire
- adulate
- advocate
- aggrandize
- applaud
- appreciate
- approve
- bless
- boost
- bow down
- build up
- cajole
- celebrate
- cheer
- cite
- clap
- commend
- compliment
- cry up
- dignify
- distinguish
- elevate
- endorse
- ennoble
- eulogize
- exalt
- extol
- flatter
- give thanks
- glorify
- hail
- honor
- laud
- make much of
- panegyrize
- pay homage
- pay tribute
- proclaim
- puff
- rave over
- recommend
- resound
- reverence
- root
- sanction
- sing the praises
- smile on
- stroke
- tout
- worship
- acclaim
- admire
- adulate
- advocate
- aggrandize
- applaud
- appreciate
- approve
- bless
- boost
- bow down
- build up
- cajole
- celebrate
- cheer
- cite
- clap
- commend
- compliment
- cry up
- dignify
- distinguish
- elevate
- endorse
- ennoble
- eulogize
- exalt
- extol
- flatter
- give thanks
- glorify
- hail
- honor
- laud
- make much of
- panegyrize
- pay homage
- pay tribute
- proclaim
- puff
- rave over
- recommend
- resound
- reverence
- root
- sanction
- sing the praises
- smile on
- stroke
- tout
- worship
- adulate
- beslaver
- blandish
- bootlick
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- charm
- con
- court
- fawn
- get next to
- glorify
- grovel
- honey
- humor
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- massage
- oil
- overpraise
- play up to
- praise
- rub the right way
- salve
- sell
- slaver
- snow
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweeten up
- toady
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
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