adulation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From French adulation, from Latin adulātio (“flattery”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Flattery; fulsome praise.
He was uncomfortable with the adulation from his fans.
To law enforcement officers injured in the Jan. 6 mayhem, as well as members of Congress and others present in the Capitol that day who feared for their lives, such adulation for convicted rioters is not only misguided but also anathema to a civilized society.
2025 January 15, Linda Feldmann, “Outside the DC jail, where Jan. 6 rage and devotion live on”, in The Christian Science Monitor:It is still possible to discuss his place in art, and the adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors; [...]
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 1”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| adulations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
adulatory · adulator · adulate · admiration · adoration
Translations (32)
cs vychvalování (Flattery; fulsome praise) · da smigreri (Flattery; fulsome praise) · id pujian (Flattery; fulsome praise) · ru подхали́мство (Flattery; fulsome praise) · no smisking (Flattery; fulsome praise) · sv rövslickeri (Flattery; fulsome praise) · it adulazione (Flattery; fulsome praise) · la adulātio (Flattery; fulsome praise) · cs pochlebování (Flattery; fulsome praise) · fi imartelu (Flattery; fulsome praise) · mi enenga (Flattery; fulsome praise) · id puji-pujian (Flattery; fulsome praise) · ru ле́сть (Flattery; fulsome praise) · de Vergötterung (Flattery; fulsome praise) · fi mielistely (Flattery; fulsome praise) · pt adulação (Flattery; fulsome praise) · bg ласкателство (Flattery; fulsome praise) · de Lobhudelei (Flattery; fulsome praise) · id puja-pujaan (Flattery; fulsome praise) · hu hízelgés (Flattery; fulsome praise) · cmn 奉承 (Flattery; fulsome praise) · no grov smiger (Flattery; fulsome praise) · cmn 諂媚 /谄媚 (Flattery; fulsome praise) · fr adulation (Flattery; fulsome praise) · cmn 吹捧 (Flattery; fulsome praise) · id pujaan (Flattery; fulsome praise) · ar مَلَق (Flattery; fulsome praise) · es adulación (Flattery; fulsome praise) · sv kryperi (Flattery; fulsome praise) · ca adulació (Flattery; fulsome praise) · ar تَمَلُّق (Flattery; fulsome praise) · rgn adulaziôn (Flattery; fulsome praise)