Synonyms and Antonyms of adulation
- the pathetic adulation of the leader of the cult by her misguided followers
deification, hero worship, idolatry, idolization, worship, worshipping (also worshiping)
- more objective critics have observed that the artist never deserved the adulation heaped upon her mediocre paintings
blarney, butter, flannel [British], flattery, incense, overpraise, soft soap, sweet talk, taffy