adulatory
adjectiveHow many syllables in adulatory?
There are 5 syllables in the word adulatory.How to pronounce adulatory:
Definition of adulatory:
- adulatory (adjective):
- showing or representing to advantage.
Synonyms for adulatory:
abundant
artificial
becoming
blandishing
bootlicking
cloying
demonstrative
effusive
extravagant
fawning
flattering
fulsome
gushing
gushy
hagiographic
hagiographical
ingratiating
ingratiatory
insinuating
lavish
obsequious
oily
oleaginous
praising
servile
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Antonyms for adulatory:
abusive
adverse
belittling
blaming
blunt
candid
captious
carping
castigating
catty
caviling
cavilling
censorious
censuring
contemptuous
contumelious
critical
damaging
damning
defamatory
denigratory
denouncing
deprecating
deprecatory
depreciative
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- similarities
- ramification
- unhesitating
- logicality
- elaborately
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- unfathomably
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