Word of the Day September 19, 2018
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Today's word: adulationˌædʒ əˈleɪ ʃən
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word adulation
Princeton's WordNet
adulation(noun)
servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
Wiktionary
adulation(Noun)
Flattery; fulsome praise.
Origin: From adulation, from adulatio.
Webster Dictionary
Adulation(noun)
servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Adulation
ad-ū-lā′shun, n. fawning: flattery. [L. adulāri, adulatus, to fawn upon.]
Editors Contribution
adulation
称賛、お世辞 in Japanese.
Anagrams for adulation »
laudation
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of adulation in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of adulation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon:
There was nothing he liked so much as flattery, or, to put it more plainly, adulation; the coarser and clumsier it was, the more he relished it
Mickey Mehta says, "If you are deep rooted in humility you get better fruited in simplicity thus MickeyMizing your personality with adulation!" Share this for getting more humans grounded.
Time' can be pitiless. Time is able to convert the flame of love into a mood of restraint. A paradise of adulation can become a setting of animosity and ecstasy can change into indifference. Mutual complicity can become a balance of power and heaven can turn into hell. Eventually only a best friend remains ː ' Me, myself and I' . -Erik Pevernagie
