adulation
excessive admiration or flattery
Word origin: From Latin adulari, to flatter or fawn upon.
Adulation in a sentence
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The young star was unprepared for the adulation of her fans.
The young laureate grew uneasy with the adulation that followed her every public appearance.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.
Using “adulation” well
Adulation denotes excessive, often insincere praise, carrying a clearly negative tone of fawning. It exceeds honest admiration and implies flattery that borders on worship.
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