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adulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of adulate
1
as in adores
to love or admire too much it's ridiculous how she adulates that airheaded rock star

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2
as in praises
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 Synonyms for adulates
  1. adores
  2. praises
  3. likes
  4. congratulates
  5. commends
  6. applauds
  7. massages
  8. strokes
Verb
  • Everyone adores past winner Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building).
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
  • There is an entire section about Steinbeck’s mother taking an airplane (which Kazan adores).
    — Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of adores
Verb
  • Sandy praises her crew for performing efficiently under pressure, and gives out the $1,807 each of them earned from a $23,500 tip.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • While Tarlov was grateful for his advice, her book praises current Fox News Chief Executive Suzanne Scott for creating a workplace culture that is much more hospitable to women.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of praises
Verb
  • Mizuho likes where the company stands in terms of its occupancy.
    — Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Celebrity hairstylist Clayton Hawkins likes what that barrier buys you on a bad-weather day.
    — Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of likes
Verb
  • As Ospreay walks away, Kenny Omega congratulates him on his performance at Forbidden Door.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • This logic would not have barred any of the Jim Crow voting devices that the Roberts Court frequently congratulates itself and the nation for overcoming.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Definition of congratulates
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  • The report commends changes including protecting wetlands, improving stormwater and wastewater infrastructure, and expanding water quality monitoring, including notification programs that warn people about unsafe conditions in rivers and streams.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Maynard also commends the company for its presentation of the result, in light of AI’s tendency to copy humans’ mathematical results and present them as its own ideas.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of commends
Verb
  • Donaldson lives above the smoke shop and applauds the efforts to close the store.
    — Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this week, former GOP Senator Jeff Flake, of Arizona, endorsed Ossoff saying despite their policy differences, Flake applauds Ossoff's character and his commitment to doing the job.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of applauds
Verb
  • The center also has hydrotherapy chairs where athletes can lie as a jet of water, similar but much stronger than the jets in a jacuzzi, massages them.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Nov. 2025
  • In a viral video shared on Instagram last Sunday under the username @whiskeytoller, the gray kitty can be seen hanging around his brother, Oakley, as his mom massages the injured area, doing his best to show his love and support.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of massages
Verb
  • When Robbie first strokes the plush walls, her Cathy stares with the appropriate mix of awe and terror.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026
  • For an artisanal twist, look no further than Ezcaray Matisse throw that looks as if Georgia O’Keeffe applied the paint brush strokes herself.
    — Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
Definition of strokes
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“Adulates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulates. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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