adulate

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/ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/

verb

To flatter effusively.

OriginLatin adūlor →
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Meanings

verbadulate (third-person singular simple present adulates, present participle adulating, simple past and past participle adulated)

present singular third person adulates · participle present adulating · participle past adulated · past adulated

  1. transitiveTo flatter effusively.

Origin

  1. Latinadūlor
  2. Englishadulate

A learned borrowing from Latin adūlor.

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Translations

Czech pochlebovat
  • pochlebovatto flatter effusively
French aduler
  • adulerto flatter effusively
German lobhudeln
  • lobhudelnto flatter effusively
Irish bladair
  • bladairto flatter effusively
Italian adulare
  • adulareto flatter effusively
Māori whakapatipati
  • whakapatipatito flatter effusively
Portuguese adular
  • adularto flatter effusively
Russian подхали́мничать, подхали́мствовать
  • подхали́мничать (podxalímničatʹ)to flatter effusively
  • подхали́мствовать (podxalímstvovatʹ)to flatter effusively
  • низкопокло́нничать (nizkopoklónničatʹ)to flatter effusively
Spanish adular
  • adularto flatter effusively
Turkish koltuklamak, okkalamak
  • koltuklamakto flatter effusively
  • okkalamakto flatter effusively
  • pehpehlemekto flatter effusively
  • pohpohlamakto flatter effusively

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

laudate
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adulate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adulate.

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