adulate
Heap with praise
To adulate is to praise someone excessively or obsequiously, showering them with flattery beyond what's warranted: The press adulated the young starlet.
The word carries a note of criticism—adulation suggests the praise is overblown, sycophantic, or undeserved.
More common in its noun form, adulation.
Young deer, or flatter
- flatterPraise to please
- blandishCoax through flattery
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
- schmoozeChat to gain favor
compliment · ingratiate · grovel · toady · sycophant · bootlicker · brownnoser · apple-polishing
fawn
Young deer, or flatter
- flatterPraise to please
- blandishCoax through flattery
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
schmooze · compliment · ingratiate · grovel · toady · sycophant · bootlicker · brownnoser · apple-polishing · kowtow
idolize
Revere to excess
glorify · exalt · adore · hero-worship · devotee · disciple · zealot · reverence · homage · piety
extol
Praise with enthusiasm
commend · celebrate · honor · tribute · kudos · salute · eulogize · panegyrize · lionize · hail
- fawn overgush, dote, adore, worship, idolize
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments