Adulation and Fulmination

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Adulation noun - Excessive admiration of or devotion to a person.

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Fulmination is an antonym for adulation.

Nearby Word: adulatory

Fulmination noun - Harsh insulting language.

Usage example: players were told they had a right to be spared the foulmouthed fulmination of the hockey coach

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Adulation is an antonym for fulmination.

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Fulmination and Adulation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adulation/fulmination

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