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All adulatory synonyms

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adj adulatory

  • obsequious — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
  • servile — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
  • slavish — of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
  • spineless — having no spines or quills.
  • submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
  • subservient — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
  • sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • parasitic — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
  • brownnosing — If you accuse someone of brownnosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support.
  • bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
  • buttery — Buttery food contains butter or is covered with butter.
  • canting — insincere; hypocritical
  • cloying — You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental.
  • coarse — Coarse things have a rough texture because they consist of thick threads or large pieces.
  • glib — readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • immoderate — not moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme.
  • inordinate — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
  • insincere — not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
  • magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
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