adulate

tr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

To praise or admire excessively; fawn on.

[Back-formation from ADULATION.]

adulator ad'u·la'tor n.
adulatory ad'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

verb

To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly: blandish, butter up, flatter, honey, slaver. Informal soft-soap, sweet-talk. See praise/blame.

adj

Definition: flattering
Antonyms: disparaging, unflattering

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: flatter in an obsequious manner

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - smigre groft, ligge på maven for, lefle for

Nederlands (Dutch)
ophemelen,

Français (French)
v. tr. - aduler, flagorner

Deutsch (German)
v. - beweihräuchern, vergöttern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λιβανίζω, εκθειάζω

Italiano (Italian)
adulare, esaltare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - adular, bajular

Русский (Russian)
льстить, подхалимничать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - adular, lisonjear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - grovt smickra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
谄媚, 奉承

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 諂媚, 奉承

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 알랑거리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …にへつらう

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتملق, يتزلف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮החניף ל-‬

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