Adulate
Adulate verb - To praise too much.
Usage example: a business executive who unwisely surrounds herself with incompetent assistants who spend all their time adulating her
Congratulate and adulate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Congratulate" instead a verb "Adulate".
Congratulate
Congratulate verb - To express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune.
Adulate and congratulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adulate" instead a verb "Congratulate".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- admire and adulate
- admire and congratulate
- honour and adulate
- honour and congratulate
- worship and adulate
- worship and congratulate
- hail and adulate
- hail and congratulate
- salute and adulate
- salute and congratulate
- praise and adulate
- praise and congratulate
- acclaim and adulate
- acclaim and congratulate
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