Adulatory is an adjective that means excessive praising or admiring.

The Latin word adulari (ad you LARE ay) means ‘fawning’ or ‘flattering.’ To adulate is to praise someone excessively. Our word of the day is the adjective variation. An example of its use is: I understand the need to make our supervisor feel comfortable, but Tanya’s adulatory tone simply embarrassed me. She made it seem as though her boss was incapable of doing any wrong.