All adulatory synonyms
ad·u·la·tion
A a 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.