Question

You know how the teen-agers of an earlier generation adored, idolized, and overwhelmed Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, the Beatles?
And of course you know how certain people fall all over visiting celebrities—best-selling authors, much publicized artists, or famous entertainers. They show them ingratiating, almost servile attention, worship and flatter them fulsomely.

How do we say it in a single word?

They adulate such celebrities.

Accepted Answer

Fulsome does not mean, despite its appearance, fully or completely, but rather, offensive because of excessiveness or insincerity, often in reference to compliments, praise, admiration, or flattery. Word Power Made Easy SESSION 19

知识	You know how the teen-agers of an earlier generation adored, idolized, and overwhelmed Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, the Beatles? And of course you know how certain people fall all over visiting celebrities—best-selling authors, much publicized artists, or famous entertainers. They show them ingratiating, almost servile attention, worship and flatter them fulsomely. How do we say it in a single word? They adulate such celebrities.
拓展	Fulsome does not mean, despite its appearance, fully or completely, but rather, offensive because of excessiveness or insincerity, often in reference to compliments, praise, admiration, or flattery.
《》	playing it way up
出处	Word Power Made Easy SESSION 19

Teen Agers Earlier Generation Adored Idolized Overwhelmed Frank Sinatra Elvis