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also hagiographical
as in sickening
overly or insincerely flattering
a hagiographic portrait of one of the pioneers of the automotive age
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Recent Examples of hagiographic
The hagiographic mode gave way to a more prosecutorial one.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Feeling the heat, George accepts an offer to take the lead in a largely fictional and completely hagiographic biopic of (current) Egyptian president Al-Sisi.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Columbus was a stand-in for the nation’s hagiographic origin story, much like the Mayflower or its Western pioneers.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
Likewise, Hollywood stars were adored in hagiographic terms.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hagiographic
Adjective
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Oil is a 20th century energy source, outmoded and responsible for sickening and killing millions of people with the potential to kill millions more.—
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When this sickening sensation happens, the nervous system releases a chemical messenger called substance P, which then binds to receptors in the brain that activate the vomiting reflex — specifically neurokinin-1, or NK-1, receptors.—
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In a way, then, a documentary like Angus Wall’s Being Eddie, a generally amiable and adulatory 90 minutes streaming on Netflix, fails; with its softly hagiographic approach, the director never pushes Eddie Murphy to any place that feels untapped or confrontational, and therefore newsworthy.—
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Though the pilot wasn't picked up, Spinal Tap endured, acting as the primary subject of the first film's sendup of breathlessly adulatory rock biopics like Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz.—
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The Social Security Administration sent a gushy, questionable email July 4 to millions of people collecting Social Security benefits and others.—
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The chatter has only grown in recent days, after Ms. Anderson — who just celebrated a birthday — posted a story on her Instagram account, showing a lavish bouquet of flowers and a gushy card from an admirer.—
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The oily petroleum base penetrates the finish on the wood, displacing the moisture trapped inside, and the oils also nourish and condition dry wood.—
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In a class-action suit, originally launched in 1993, the Cofán accused Texaco of dumping 18 billion gallons of oily wastewater across their ancestral lands between 1964 and 1990.—
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One defense, beginning in the late eighteen-hundreds, was flypaper, sheets of which were coated on one side with an oleaginous substance that lured flies, then permanently trapped them.—
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Ted Cruz, the perennial front-runner, is smug and oleaginous—hated equally by his colleagues and the public.—
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Slip off the control knobs and wash with hot, soapy water.—
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All that’s required is hot, soapy water and a sponge.—
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Over time, the stew evolved to an unctuous base made of rockfish, herbs, potatoes and tomatoes combined with fish stock, ground with a food mill and strained.—
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Long maturation sous voile, or under a veil of yeast, gives Vin Jaune a salty, earthen complexity, bold spice, and texture that’s satiny, even unctuous—perfect for rich soups and stews.—
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Either in practice or in games, there’s nothing demonstrative about how Stafford teaches his teammates.—
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Bob Jenkins may not have been demonstrative in his tone, but the owner of one of the plaintiff Cup Series teams had a notable flair when expressing how NASCAR treated its teams during charter negotiations.—
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“Hagiographic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiographic. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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