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Adulate

ˈædʒ.ə.leɪt
verb

Praise (someone) excessively.

Usage examples:

He was adulated in the press

Adulated

ˈædʒ.ə.leɪt
verb

Praise (someone) excessively.

Usage examples:

He was adulated in the press

Adulates

ˈædʒ.ə.leɪt
verb

Praise (someone) excessively.

Usage examples:

He was adulated in the press

Adulating

ˈædʒ.ə.leɪt
verb

Praise (someone) excessively.

Usage examples:

He was adulated in the press

Adulation

ˌædʒ.əˈleɪ.ʃən
noun

Excessive admiration or praise.

Usage examples:

He found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans

Adulatory

ˌædʒ.əˈleɪ.tər.i
adjective

Excessively praising or admiring.

Usage examples:

An adulatory review

Adult

ˈæd.ʌlt
noun

A person who is fully grown or developed.

Usage examples:

Children should be accompanied by an adult
adjective

Fully grown or developed.

Usage examples:

An adult woman
verb

Behave in a way characteristic of a responsible adult, especially by accomplishing mundane but necessary tasks.

Usage examples:

I've adulted with moderate success this week by compiling invoices and billing my client

Adulterant

əˈdʌl.tər.ənt
noun

A substance used to adulterate another.

Usage examples:

Crack is a combination of cocaine hydrochloride, baking soda, and other adulterants which gives ris…
adjective

Used in adulterating something.

Usage examples:

They argued that because the bacteria is naturally occurring, it is not an "adulterant" substance s…

Adulterants

əˈdʌl.tər.ənt
noun

A substance used to adulterate another.

Usage examples:

Crack is a combination of cocaine hydrochloride, baking soda, and other adulterants which gives ris…
adjective

Used in adulterating something.

Usage examples:

They argued that because the bacteria is naturally occurring, it is not an "adulterant" substance s…

Adulterate

əˈdʌl.tə.reɪt
verb

Render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.

Usage examples:

The brewer is said to adulterate his beer
adjective

Not pure or genuine.

Usage examples:

Adulterate remedies

Adulterated

əˈdʌl.tə.reɪ.tɪd
verb

Render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.

Usage examples:

The brewer is said to adulterate his beer
adjective

Not pure or genuine.

Usage examples:

Adulterate remedies

Adulterates

əˈdʌl.tə.reɪt
verb

Render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.

Usage examples:

The brewer is said to adulterate his beer
adjective

Not pure or genuine.

Usage examples:

Adulterate remedies

Adulterating

əˈdʌl.tə.reɪt
verb

Render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.

Usage examples:

The brewer is said to adulterate his beer
adjective

Not pure or genuine.

Usage examples:

Adulterate remedies

Adulteration

əˌdʌl.təˈreɪ.ʃən
noun

The action of making something poorer in quality by the addition of another substance.

Usage examples:

We're working on a new diagnostic test to more rapidly monitor food adulteration

Adulterer

əˈdʌl.tə.rər
noun

A person who commits adultery.

Usage examples:

By the late eighteenth century, new england law enforcers arrested few fornicators or adulterers, t…

Adulterers

əˈdʌl.tə.rər
noun

A person who commits adultery.

Usage examples:

By the late eighteenth century, new england law enforcers arrested few fornicators or adulterers, t…

Adulteress

əˈdʌl.tə.rəs
noun

A woman who commits adultery.

Usage examples:

‘strike the adulteress and the adulterer one hundred times’ may seem harsh but it is certainly not …

Adulteresses

əˈdʌl.tə.rəs
noun

A woman who commits adultery.

Usage examples:

‘strike the adulteress and the adulterer one hundred times’ may seem harsh but it is certainly not …

Adulterous

əˈdʌl.tər.əs
adjective

Of or involving adultery.

Usage examples:

An adulterous affair

Adultery

əˈdʌl.tər.i
noun

Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse.

Usage examples:

She was committing adultery with a much younger man

Adulthood

ˈæd.ʌlt.hʊd
noun

The state or condition of being fully grown or mature.

Usage examples:

The crucial years between adolescence and adulthood

Adults

ˈæd.ʌlt
noun

A person who is fully grown or developed.

Usage examples:

Children should be accompanied by an adult
verb

Behave in a way characteristic of a responsible adult, especially by accomplishing mundane but necessary tasks.

Usage examples:

I've adulted with moderate success this week by compiling invoices and billing my client
adjective

Fully grown or developed.

Usage examples:

An adult woman

Adumbrate

ˈæd.əm.breɪt
verb

Represent in outline.

Usage examples:

Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state

Adumbrated

ˈæd.əm.breɪt
verb

Represent in outline.

Usage examples:

Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state

Adumbrates

ˈæd.əm.breɪt
verb

Represent in outline.

Usage examples:

Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state

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