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adulation

[ aj-uh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

  1. excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.


adulation

/ ˌæʊˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. obsequious flattery or praise; extreme admiration
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ···ٴ· [aj, -, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
  • -u·tDz noun
  • -u··ٴr adjective
  • ܲ·u·iԲ adjective
  • ܲ·u··ٴr adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of adulation1

Middle English < Middle French < Latin ūپō- (stem of ūپō ) servile flattery, fawning, equivalent to ū ( us ), past participle of adūlārī, -āre to fawn upon (of dogs), apparently a nominal derivative, with ad- ad-, of an otherwise unattested base + -ō- -ion
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Such was the passion, the joy and the adulation shown to midfielder Declan Rice and his free kicks, you would be forgiven for thinking Arsenal was homegrown.

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Judeline will no doubt provoke cries of adulation and ecstasy in the crowd at Coachella — and eventually, in cities across the Western Hemisphere.

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Since then, it has only been adulation for Salah, who now gets the chance to write new chapters in his legendary Liverpool story.

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Pushback on social media suggests some IJGBs are all front - they may lap up the returning hero adulation but in fact lack financial clout.

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But anyone who isn't a megalomaniac knows that that sort of adulation is a distant illusion.

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