adulated
Fawned over completely
Adulated is the past tense of adulate, meaning to praise or admire excessively, often to the point of fawning.
The word carries a sense of worship that borders on sycophancy: The aging rock star, once adulated by millions, now played to half-empty clubs.
Adulate is more formal and less common than its noun form, adulation.
Expression of approval
- complimentsExpressions of admiration
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
- bootlickingServile flattery for advantage
toadying · sweet-talk · gushing · schmoozing · blarney · soft-soap · smarm · blandishments
Deep, loyal commitment
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- zealIntense driving devotion
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- adorationProfound loving regard
infatuation · enthrallment · captivation · besottedness · rapture · ardor · passion · reverence
Uncritical excessive admiration
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- deificationElevation to divine status
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
exaltation · lionization · apotheosis · worship · adoration · iconization · idealization · elevation
Demeaning self-abasement
- kowtowingSubmissive display of respect
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
- submissivenessDisposition to obey others
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
servility · cringing · prostration · genuflection · unctuousness · obeisance · self-abasement · sycophancy
praise
Expression of approval
- complimentsExpressions of admiration
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
bootlicking · toadying · sweet-talk · gushing · schmoozing · blarney · soft-soap · smarm · blandishments · flannel
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- zealIntense driving devotion
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
adoration · infatuation · enthrallment · captivation · besottedness · rapture · ardor · passion · reverence · worship
hero-worship
Uncritical excessive admiration
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- deificationElevation to divine status
glorification · exaltation · lionization · apotheosis · worship · adoration · iconization · idealization · elevation · sanctification
grovelling
Demeaning self-abasement
- kowtowingSubmissive display of respect
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
- submissivenessDisposition to obey others
deference · servility · cringing · prostration · genuflection · unctuousness · obeisance · self-abasement · sycophancy · toadying
- fawnedgroveled, kowtowed, toadied, flattered, curried favor
adulatedvilified
Spoke evil of
reviled · despised · loathed · excoriated · denounced
adulatedignored
Purposely not noticed
overlooked · neglected · marginalized · disregarded · shunned