- Adulator
- Adulator Ad"u*la`tor, n. [L., fr. adulari: cf. F. adulateur.] A servile or hypocritical flatterer. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
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adulator — ADULATÓR, OÁRE, adulatori, oare, adj. s.m. şi f. (Persoană) care adulează; linguşitor. – Din fr. adulateur, lat. adulator. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.08.2002. Sursa: DEX 98 adulatór adj. m., s. m … Dicționar Român
adulator — noun see adulation … New Collegiate Dictionary
adulator — See adulate. * * * … Universalium
adulator — noun One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery, one who adulates … Wiktionary
adulator — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who flatters another excessively: courtier, flatterer, sycophant, toady. Informal: apple polisher. See OVER, PRAISE … English dictionary for students
adulator — ad·u·la·tor || ædÊ’ÊŠleɪtÉ™ n. one who flatters, one who fawns over; one who is excessively devoted … English contemporary dictionary
adulator — n toady, toadeater, sycophant, flatterer, fawner, fawning flatterer, truckler, tufthunter, courtier, backslapper, timeserver, apple polisher, Sl. brown nose, Archaic. pickthank; flunky, lackey, yes man, jackal, bootlick, lickspittle, Uncle Tom,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
adulator — ad·u·la·tor … English syllables
adulator — noun a person who uses flattery • Syn: ↑flatterer • Derivationally related forms: ↑adulate, ↑flatter (for: ↑flatterer) • Hypernyms: ↑follower … Useful english dictionary
adulateur — adulateur, trice [ adylatɶr, tris ] n. • 1370; lat. adulator ♦ Littér. Personne qui flatte bassement, courtisan servile. ⇒ flagorneur, flatteur. Adj. Rare « des dédicaces adulatrices » (Lamartine). ● adulateur, adulatrice adjectif et nom (latin… … Encyclopédie Universelle
