adulatory

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ad=u=la=to=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

adulatory, a. [L. adulatorius, fr. adulari: cf. OF. adulatoire.].

 Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address.  [1913 Webster]
"A mere rant of adulatory freedom."  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

adulatory

Flattery

N flattery, adulation, gloze, blandishment, blandiloquence, cajolery, fawning, wheedling, captation, coquetry, obsequiousness, sycophancy, flunkeyism, toadeating, tuft- hunting, snobbishness, incense, honeyed words, flummery, bunkum, buncombe, blarney, placebo, butter, soft soap, soft sawder, rose water, voice of the charmer, mouth honor, lip homage, euphemism, unctuousness, flattering, adulatory, mealy-mouthed, honey-mouthed, honeyed, smooth, smooth-tongued, soapy, oily, unctuous, blandiloquent, specious, fine-spoken, fair spoken, plausible, servile, sycophantic, fulsome, courtierly, courtier-like, ad captandum.