ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAadulation
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adulation
Meaning: excessive praise or admiration
adulation in a sentence
How adulation is used in real sentences:
The young champion seemed uncomfortable with the sudden adulation.
Constant adulation from his advisers made the ruler increasingly vain.
“Mara had inherited her grandfather's proclivity for patient listening, but not his adulation of any man who spoke loudly and owned more acreage.”
— from the passage The Marker on the Slope
Synonyms for adulation
Other words for adulation — praise, worship and flattery — carry the same meaning.
- praise
- worship
- flattery
Antonyms of adulation
Words that mean the opposite of adulation:
- criticism
- condemnation
- scorn
Where it comes from
From Latin adulatio, meaning 'flattery.'
Memory hook
ADULATION begins like 'add': admirers add praise upon praise.