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adulate

verbCommon GRE wordMore A words

to praise or admire someone excessively and obsequiously

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The crowd adulated the general as though he were a deity rather than a public servant.

Antonyms
disparagecriticizecensure

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Far from being the revolutionary thinker his admirers claimed, the philosopher was in fact quite blank, defending the traditional doctrines of his teachers without challenge.

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Questions about “adulate”

Adulate (verb) means to praise or admire someone excessively and obsequiously
Here is adulate used in an example sentence: "The crowd adulated the general as though he were a deity rather than a public servant."
Common synonyms for adulate include flatter, fawn, lionize.
Antonyms of adulate include disparage, criticize, censure.
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