Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles
blown from adulation? --Shak.
Syn: Sycophancy; cringing; fawning; obsequiousness;
blandishment.
Usage: {Adulation}, {Flattery}, {Compliment}. Men deal in
compliments from a desire to please; they use flattery
either from undue admiration, or a wish to gratify
vanity; they practice adulation from sordid motives,
and with a mingled spirit of falsehood and hypocrisy.
Compliment may be a sincere expression of due respect
and esteem, or it may be unmeaning; flattery is apt to
become gross; adulation is always servile, and usually
fulsome.