1. To kiss up to someone and gush on and on about how beautiful, smart, funny and delightful he is is an example of Adulate.

2. (verb) To kiss up to someone and gush on and on about how beautiful, smart, funny and delightful he is is an example of Adulate

3. ‘he would Bullyrag his staff around but then kiss up to his superiors’ ‘The members of the Board had been ballyragged around the country last year as the worst health administrators ever.’ ‘He said afterwards that it was a bit too thick on poor old Leonora to be ballyragged any more.’