adulate

• Verbe utilisé pour exprimer l'action de louer ou de flatter quelqu'un de manière excessive ou servile.

A verb used to express the act of praising or flattering someone excessively or obsequiously.

1. Flatter excessivelyC2formal

   To praise or flatter someone in an excessive, servile, or obsequious manner, often to gain favor.

   Flatter excessivement

   • The courtiers would constantly adulate the king, hoping for promotions.
   • She adulated her boss so much that it made her colleagues uncomfortable.
   • He adulated the celebrity, showering them with compliments and gifts.

   Synonymesbootlickbutter upcringecurry favorfawnflattergrovelingratiatepandersuck upsweet-talktoadytruckle

   Antonymescensurecondemncriticizedisparagerebukereprimandscold