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 Synonyms for adulate
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Where there is a celebrity or sports figure who has an adoring fan base, those fans do not want to believe their first instinct to adore this person was wrong.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025 -
Fans adore the guy who walked around the LA area surrounding Crypto.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2025
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A couple of the guys congratulated me [on this award], which felt really, really good.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
30 May 2025
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Niles North Principal Marlon Felton, in his first year as the school’s principal, congratulated the class of 2025 in his encouraging remarks to them and their families.—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Google’s self-driving-car division, for instance, founded an organization to worship artificial intelligence as a godhead.—
John Kaag,
The Atlantic,
28 May 2025
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But beyond prosecuting the suspect in this case, there must be a concerted strategy to make sure that America remains a safe place for Jews to live and worship.—
The Editors,
National Review,
22 May 2025
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While some prominent Jews have praised Trump’s Harvard crackdown, many others say the administration’s actions appear more focused on damaging higher education than addressing the concerns of Jewish students.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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While many praised the video’s message and Rylie’s insightful approach, others criticized the mom for not sharing her specific experiences with her daughter.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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Celestial Park is an original concept world, which Universal likes to say puts the park back into theme park.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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In this case, changes in taste doesn’t mean going from liking sweater vests to going all Boho-chic.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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After the change was announced, Horne applauded the decision.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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Some members of the nuclear industry applauded the reform.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
23 May 2025
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Araujo, however, commended Marshall’s for his work ethic.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2025
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Elsewhere in the interview, Lauper commended Chappell Roan, who several critics have likened to Lauper as Roan has made her ascent to pop superstardom over the past year.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2025
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Know-nothings pretend that Schrader’s Bressonian mannerisms reveal the spiritual depths of contemporary crisis, when, in fact, Master Gardener repeats the same social-collapse paranoia that made secular reviewers overpraise the religious, racial, suicide-bomber topics of First Reformed.—
Armond White,
National Review,
24 May 2023
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He’s overpraised of course.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
16 Mar. 2023
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“Adulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adulate. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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