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ADULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adulate mean? 

ADULATE (verb)
  The verb ADULATE has 1 sense:

1. flatter in an obsequious mannerplay

  Familiarity information: ADULATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADULATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they adulate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it adulates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: adulated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: adulated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: adulating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flatter in an obsequious manner

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "adulate" is one way to...):

blandish; flatter (praise somewhat dishonestly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot adulate Sue

Derivation:

adulator (a person who uses flattery)

adulatory (obsequiously complimentary)


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