adulatory

adjective

Definition of adulatorynext
1
as in hagiographical
overly or insincerely flattering an office flunky who can be counted on to make an adulatory response to the boss's every suggestion

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2
as in adoring
reflecting great admiration or devotion an adulatory eulogy delivered at a beloved teacher's retirement party

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adulatory
  1. adoring
  2. hagiographic
  3. sickening
  4. gushy
  5. oleaginous
  6. oily
  7. unctuous
  8. fulsome
Adjective
  • Having a constant loving, happy, and adoring presence makes Kirk’s solo road trips feel far from lonely.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 29 Aug. 2024
  • In Australia, where Abacus sold the rights to SBS, the critical reception was similarly adoring, and Acorn TV has rights in the U.S. and Canada.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 July 2024
Definition of adoring
Adjective
  • This is no hagiographic portrait of Czechoslovak Radio as a beacon of civic resistance.
    Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Her book makes a refreshing change from the hagiographic tone of most Bowie biographies, said John Aizlewood on iNews.
    The Week Staff, theweek, 6 June 2024
Definition of hagiographic
Adjective
  • Next she was wrenched the other way in a sickening, 180° roll, and one of the crew members tumbled down the almost-vertical deck and vanished in the sea.
    Orval C. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
  • What was sickening about being there in person was watching the Trump fans around me and realizing that there was nothing shocking about it to them.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of sickening
Adjective
  • There’s no better time to embrace the mushy gushy than in the first few moments after winning gold medals together.
    Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
  • To that end, yes, honeymoon phases are gushy (and self-absorbed).
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
Definition of gushy
Adjective
  • One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them.
    David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
  • At any moment, the noodles might dissolve, the cheese topping burn, the dish collapse into a soggy, oleaginous mess.
    Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
Definition of oleaginous
Adjective
  • These oily fish contain omega-3 fatty acids and are good sources of protein, vitamins, selenium, and calcium.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Wild rose, vitamin C, rosehip oil Best For: Suited for dry, oily, normal, and combination skin types, the cream most effectively targets uneven texture.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of oily
Adjective
  • The 31-year-old sherry bomb explodes in torrents of coconut and pineapple fruit before an unctuous, lingering finish of tobacco smoke.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Needs a few years to better harmonize into a more unctuous delight.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of unctuous
Adjective
  • Then Forbes announced the publication of a book, which is fulsome in its praise of the management and esprit de corps in the company.
    Llewellyn King, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Immersing myself in that history not only inspired in me greater compassion for people from different backgrounds, with different histories, but also gave me a more fulsome understanding of the origins of our nation’s racial and social fissures.
    Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of fulsome
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