adulation

English

Etymology

From French adulation, from Latin adulātio (“flattery”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈædˌjʊu.leɪ.ʃən/ SAMPA: /"{d%ju:.leI.S@n/
• (US) IPA: /ˈædʒ.ə.leɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

adulation (plural adulations)

1. Flattery; fulsome praise.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, Moon and Sixpence, ch. 1,

     The adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:flattery

Related terms

• adulate
• adulator
• adulatory

Translations

Flattery; fulsome praise

Bulgarian: ласкателство (bg) Catalan: adulació (ca) f. Finnish: mielistely (fi), imartelu (fi) French: adulation (fr) f.

Hungarian: hízelgés (hu) Indonesian: puji-pujian, puja-pujaan, pujian, pujaan Norwegian: grov (no) smiger (no),, smisking (no) c. Russian: лесть (ru) f., подхалимство (ru) n.

See also

• admiration
• adoration

Anagrams

• laudation

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French

Etymology

From Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.dy.la.sjɔ̃/

Noun

adulation f. (plural adulations)

1. adulation

Related terms

• aduler
• adulateur