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adulatory

/ˈædjʊlət(ə)ɹi/

adulatory adjective: exhibiting adulation; overly flattering.

Adjective

adulatory (comparative more adulatory, superlative most adulatory)

  1. Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering.
    • adulatory comments
    • adulatory remark

adulatory meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

adulatory in Tamil

முகமன் உரைக்கிற, பல்லைக் காட்டுகிற, நச்சுகிற

adulatory in Urdu

خوشامدانہ

adulatory in Bengali

তোষামোদ প্রদর্শনকারী, অত্যধিক চাটুকারিতাপূর্ণ

adulatory in Malayalam

complimentary, flattering, highly favourable
അതിസ്തുതിയായ, സ്തുതിമയമായ, പ്രശംസാമയമായ, പുകഴ്ത്തുന്ന, പ്രശംസിക്കുന്ന, പ്രശംസ്യ

Forms of adulatory

comparativemore adulatory
superlativemost adulatory

Origin of adulatory

From Latin adulatorius.

Words formed from adulatory

Questions about adulatory

What does adulatory mean?
Adulatory means exhibiting adulation; overly flattering.
What is adulatory in Tamil?
Adulatory in Tamil is முகமன் உரைக்கிற, பல்லைக் காட்டுகிற, நச்சுகிற. See Adulatory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adulatory?
Adulatory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce adulatory?
Adulatory is pronounced /ˈædjʊlət(ə)ɹi/.

Words near adulatory in the dictionary

  1. adulations
  2. adulator
  3. adulatorily
  4. adulatorious
  5. adulators
  6. adulatory
  7. adulatress
  8. adulatresses
  9. adulescent
  10. adulescents
  11. Adullam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adulatory (page history and authors); adulatory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adulatory (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adulatory (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adulatory (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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