adulatory

/ ˌædjʊˈleɪtərɪ; ˈædjʊˌleɪtərɪ /

adjective

1. expressing praise, esp obsequiously; flattering

Example Sentences

The emerging trend may disappoint overseas viewers, dulling the uniqueness of the official media’s adulatory coverage of Mr. Kim and life in North Korea.

From Washington Times

The text swerves from breathy and adulatory to cutting and punky: “Marriage was fundamentally a humiliation of women”; “And will not the adequate critic of women be a woman?”

From Los Angeles Times

Their book has provoked strong reactions, adulatory and critical.

From Scientific American

In buying their stakes in the private company, venture investors ultimately valued Theranos at a putative $9 billion, which led to another wave of adulatory publicity.

From Los Angeles Times

Dr. Fauci himself offers a helpful rebuff to the documentary’s more adulatory notes: “The enormity of the problem keeps me grounded,” he says.

From New York Times

Related Words

• affable
• aristocratic
• civilized
• dignified
• elegant
• gallant
• gracious
• polite
• stately