adulation

Main Entry:
adulation [aj-uh-ley-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: overenthusiastic praise
Synonyms: applause, audation, blandishment, bootlicking, commendation, fawning, flattery, sycophancy, worship
Antonyms: abuse, criticism
Main Entry: acclamation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: enthusiastic expression of approval
Synonyms: acclaim, adulation, applause, approbation, big hand, cheer, cheering, cheers, hand, honor, jubilation, laudation, ovation, plaudits, salutation, standing O, tribute
Notes: acclimation is the process of becoming accustomed to a situation while acclamation is a loud public expression of enthusiastic approval
Antonyms: disapproval
Main Entry: blarney
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: flattery
Synonyms: a line, adulation, baloney, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, compliments, exaggeration, eyewash, fawning, honey*, incense, ingratiation, inveiglement, oil, overpraise, soft soap, soft words, sweet talk, wheedling
Main Entry: compliment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: praise, flattery
Synonyms: acclaim, acclamation, admiration, adulation, applause, appreciation, approval, blessing, bouquet*, buttering up, cajolery, commendation, comp, confirmation, congratulations, courtesy, encomium, endorsement, eulogy, favor, felicitation, good word, homage, honor, kudo, laud, laudation, laurels, notice, orchid, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, posy, regard, respects, sanction, sentiment, tribute, veneration, warm fuzzy
Notes: complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration
Antonyms: blame, censure, complaint, criticism, denunciation, insult, libel, slander
Main Entry: eulogy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: praise, acclamation
Synonyms: acclaim, accolade, adulation, applause, citation, commendation, compliment, encomium, exaltation, glorification, laudation, paean, panegyric, plaudit, salutation, tribute
Notes: if you give someone a dyslogy, you make a speech with a number of uncomplimentary remarks about them (the opposite of eulogy)
Antonyms: calumny, condemnation, criticism
Main Entry: flattery
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: false praise, compliments
Synonyms: adulation, applause, approbation, blandishment, blarney, bootlicking, cajolery, commendation, encomium, eulogy, eyewash, fawning, flattering, flummery, fulsomeness, gallantry, gratification, hokum, honeyed words, incense, ingratiation, jive, laud, mush, obsequiousness, palaver, plaudits, pretty speech, puffery, servility, smoke*, snow job, snow*, soft words, soft-soap, stroke*, sweet talk, sycophancy, toadyism, tribute, truckling, unctuousness
Antonyms: belittlement, castigation, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense
Main Entry: homage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: devotion, admiration
Synonyms: adoration, adulation, allegiance, awe, deference, duty, esteem, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, genuflection, honor, kneeling, loyalty, obeisance, praise, respect, reverence, service, tribute, worship
Antonyms: dishonor, disloyalty, disrespect, faithlessness, scorn, treachery
Main Entry: honor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: respect
Synonyms: account, adoration, adulation, aggrandizement, apotheosis, approbation, attention, canonization, celebration, confidence, consideration, credit, deference, deification, dignity, distinction, elevation, esteem, exaltation, faith, fame, fealty, glorification, glory, greatness, high standing, homage, immortalization, laud, laurel, lionization, notice, obeisance, popularity, praise, prestige, rank, recognition, renown, reputation, repute, reverence, tribute, trust, veneration, worship, wreath
Antonyms: debasement, degradation, denunciation, derision, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, humiliation
Main Entry: love
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: adoration; very strong liking
Synonyms: adulation, affection, allegiance, amity, amorousness, amour, appreciation, ardency, ardor, attachment, case*, cherishing, crush, delight, devotedness, devotion, emotion, enchantment, enjoyment, fervor, fidelity, flame, fondness, friendship, hankering, idolatry, inclination, infatuation, involvement, like, lust, mad for, partiality, passion, piety, rapture, regard, relish, respect, sentiment, soft spot, taste, tenderness, weakness, worship, yearning, zeal
Antonyms: dislike, hate, hatred
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