adulate

verb

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1
as in to adore
to love or admire too much it's ridiculous how she adulates that airheaded rock star

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2
as in to congratulate
to praise too much a business executive who unwisely surrounds herself with incompetent assistants who spend all their time adulating her

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Recent Examples of adulate Turkey’s TB2s became adulated in Ukraine for striking Russian tanks advancing on Kyiv at the start of that war in early 2022. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adulate
  1. adore
  2. congratulate
  3. worship
  4. praise
  5. like
  6. applaud
  7. commend
  8. overpraise
Verb
  • Jet Fans of the New York Jets will adore this slick moniker for a tiny tyke.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Market on Close The analyst corps that covers Nvidia is mostly adoring.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of adore
Verb
  • Melvin and Dreyer took turns congratulating and embracing Ikeda shortly after the news broke.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Djokovic sent a message congratulating Federer on his inevitable induction.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of congratulate
Verb
  • Shankara advises that worshipping gods with names and stories through devotional rituals and sacred images (murtis) is an acceptable step for some people on the path toward a more philosophical understanding of an all-pervasive ultimate reality.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • She was promoted to worship leader, a job typically held by an older member of the church.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of worship
Verb
  • The video of the confrontation has drawn more than 64,000 likes, with many commenters praising Opperman as a small-town hero.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Later, after clearing the Silo 1 control room, Victor both chastises Camille for her failures and grudgingly praises her for lying so convincingly that his biometric lie detectors couldn’t detect it.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of praise
Verb
  • Vance went on to speak highly of Thune, who is widely liked by his fellow Republican lawmakers in the Senate.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2026
  • That Ballmer’s fellow owners like and respect him, though, did not keep them from wanting the Clippers to be punished, and severely, if the accusations proved true.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of like
Verb
  • Mamdani applauded police for stopping the attack but said an internal investigation would be conducted.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Whatever our party affiliation or political views, Americans should appreciate Roosevelt’s ingenuity, determination and confidence and applaud Eisenhower’s competence, planning and stewardship.
    — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of applaud
Verb
  • Gates joined Rodrigo on stage to commend her for her philanthropic efforts with Daisy Chain Fields.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Pawsitive Tails Dog Rescue posted on Facebook commending the work of volunteers who banded together to care for the dogs.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of commend
Verb
  • The result is sometimes overpraising, overprotection, and overindulging children, mixing emotional intensity with economic privilege in ways that breed entitlement.
    — Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • As in the case of that picture, East of Eden is backed up by masterful screen storytelling that can hardly be overpraised and is complicated by no message that can be termed controversial.
    — Jack Moffitt, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2023
Definition of overpraise

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“Adulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulate. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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