adulation
11adulation — ► NOUN ▪ excessive admiration. DERIVATIVES adulate verb adulatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from adulari fawn on …
12adulation — (a du la sion ; en poésie, de cinq syllabes) s. f. Flatterie. L impudence de l adulation alla si loin ... De vaines adulations. • Si vous prétendez vous en rendre digne par des bassesses, des soins, des assiduités, des adulations, des… …
13ADULATION — s. f. Flatterie basse. Il y a trop d adulation à cela. C est une adulation honteuse …
14ADULATION — n. f. Action d’aduler. Il y a trop d’adulation à cela. C’est une adulation honteuse …
15adulation — [[t]æ̱ʤʊle͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT Adulation is uncritical admiration and praise of someone or something. The book was received with adulation by critics. Syn: acclaim …
16adulation — noun Etymology: Middle English adulacion, from Old French, from Latin adulation , adulatio, from adulari to fawn on (of dogs), flatter Date: 14th century excessive or slavish admiration or flattery • adulate transitive verb • adulator …
17Adulation — Culte de la personnalité Cette affiche de la propagande soviétique affirme « Staline le bien aimé est le bonheur du peuple ». Le culte de la personnalité est l adulation excessive d un chef d État dans un régime totalitaire. Par… …
18adulation — ad·u·la·tion (ăj ə lāʹshən) n. Excessive flattery or admiration. [Middle English adulacioun, from Old French, from Latin adūlātiō, adūlātiōn , from adūlātus, past participle of adūlārī, to flatter.] * * * …
19adulation — noun /ˈædˌjʊu.leɪ.ʃən/ Flattery; fulsome praise. The adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors. See Also: adulate, adulator, adulatory …
20adulation — noun (U) praise and admiration for someone that is more than they really deserve: basking in the adulation of his fans adulatory adjective …
