- admireI've always admired her for her generous spirit.
- respectI respect her for what she has achieved, but I would have approached it very differently.
- think highly ofEveryone thinks highly of him.
- hold someone in high esteemHer colleagues in Washington hold her in very high esteem.
- hold someone in high regardHe contributed much to the field, and was held in high regard.
- look up toShe was my older sister and I looked up to her.
Meaning of adulate in English
Examples of adulate
adulate
There's nothing to consecrate, no one to adulate, nothing to be proud of.
From Fast Company
She had been so long accustomed to be flattered and adulated, that she longed to crush the man who had treated her so disdainfully.
From Project Gutenberg
Men were absorbed in passing events; and literary men generally pandered to the vile taste of the people, or stooped to adulate the monsters whom they feared.
From Project Gutenberg
Other women adulated the king.
From Project Gutenberg
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