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adulation

noun as in overenthusiastic praise

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O'Neill, who since his return has been going around calling everybody "young man", is basking in the adulation of the Celtic fans.

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After about 36 hours of near-unanimous adulation for Allen and “West End Girl,” with everyone from your older sister to Gwyneth Paltrow posting praise for the album, the tides started to turn.

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He'll see this one as the ultimate, a gift from the Celtic Gods, a return to the place where he experienced such glory and adulation.

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To this day, Cortés and Moctezuma remain figures of both adulation and disdain, recalled in operas, plays, books and films and TV series.

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Gyokeres was pushed forward by his team-mates to take the adulation of the crowd and perform his trademark celebration on his own in a show of togetherness from the Arsenal squad.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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