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present participle of adulate
Synonyms & Antonyms of adulating
1
to love or admire too much
- it's ridiculous how she adulates that airheaded rock star
Synonyms for adulating
- adoring,
- canonizing,
- deifying,
- doting (on),
- hero-worshipping
- (also hero-worshiping),
- idolizing,
- worshipping
- (also worshiping)
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2
to praise too much
- a business executive who unwisely surrounds herself with incompetent assistants who spend all their time adulating her
Synonyms for adulating
Words Related to adulating
- idolizing,
- worshipping
- (also worshiping)
Near Antonyms for adulating
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