ADULATION

adulation

(noun) servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

adulation (countable and uncountable, plural adulations)

Flattery; fulsome praise.

Synonyms

• See also flattery

Anagrams

• laudation

Source: Wiktionary

Ad`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [F. adulation, fr. L. adulatio, fr. adulari, adulatum, to flatter.]

Definition: Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited. Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown from adulation Shak.

Syn.

– Sycophancy; cringing; fawning; obsequiousness; blandishment.

– Adulation, Flattery, Compliment. Men deal in compliments from a desire to please; they use flattery either from undue admiration, or a wish to gratify vanity; they practice adulation from sordid motives, and with a mingled spirit of falsehood and hypocrisy. Compliment may be a sincere expression of due respect and esteem, or it may be unmeaning; flattery is apt to become gross; adulation is always servile, and usually fulsome.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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