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101high — 1. adjective 1) a high mountain Syn: tall, lofty, towering, soaring, elevated, giant, big; multistory, high rise Ant: short, low 2) a high position in the government …
102laudatory — adjective a laudatory front page endorsement Syn: complimentary, praising, congratulatory, extolling, adulatory, commendatory, approbatory, flattering, celebratory, eulogizing, panegyrical; informal glowing; formal encomiastic Ant: disparaging …
103censorious — faultfinding, *critical, hypercritical, captious, carping, caviling Analogous words: reproaching or reproachful, chiding (see corresponding verbs at REPROVE): condemning or condemna tory, denouncing or denunciatory, reprehending (see… …
104complimentary — adj 1. commendatory, laudatory, celebratory, acclamatory, adulatory; eulogistic, encomiastic, panegyrical; flattering, cajoling, wheedling, ingratiating, timeserving, Sl. bootlicking, Inf. apple polishing, Sl. brown nosing, Obs. blandering, Obs …
105fulsome — adj 1. excessive, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, overdone; adulatory, idolatrous, hero worshiping, overappreciative, excessive in one s praise. 2. disgusting, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, noxious, foul, vile; repulsive, repellent,… …
106glowing — adj 1. incandescent, candescent, can dent, aglow, in a glow. 2.(all of coloring) rich, warm, vibrant; (all of complexion) ruddy, sanguine, flushed, florid, red faced; radiant, shining, beaming, rosy cheeked; hot, heated, fiery, burning, feverish …
107idolatrous — adj 1. idol worshiping, idolistic, icon worshiping, fetishistic; heretical, unorthodox, pagan, heathen. 2. adulatory, adoring, worshiping, worshipful, idolizing, deifying, lionizing; fulsome, uncritical, uncen sorious, unreproachful; awestruck,… …
108smooth — adj 1. glassy, glossy, polished, varnished, burnished; sleek, silky, satiny, velvet, fine; delicate, filmy, gossamery, attentuated; greasy, buttery, slippery, slick, icy, oily. 2. even, level, plane, horizontal, flush; flat, unrough, unruffled,… …
109adulate — /ˈædʒəleɪt / (say ajuhlayt) verb (t) (adulated, adulating) to show pretended or undiscriminating devotion to; flatter servilely. {Latin adūlātus, past participle} –adulation /ædʒəˈleɪʃən/ (say ajuh layshuhn), noun –adulator, noun –adulatory,… …
110fan mail — /ˈfæn meɪl/ (say fan mayl) noun adulatory letters received by a well known personality in the sporting world, entertainment industry, etc …
