adulated

Usually he fought for six years or thirty bouts, whichever came first; some became adulated stars.

If it's true that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then James Cagney must have been the most adulated movie star in the history of Hollywood.

"Each of us gives only his name, rank, and serial number," replied Marlon, overhearing Cyrus's question and reluctantly turning away from the adulated Sutton, who was accepting the accolades of his peers with brilliant humility.

As a guitarist, he is one of the most adulated virtuosos of the Nuevo Flamenco genre, having appeared in Billboard Magazine's Top Ten New Age Artists in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008.

His followers prefer to liken him to that other Bavarian butcher's son named Franz - Franz-Josef Strauss, the autocratic and adulated politician who ruled Bavaria with an iron fist until his death last October.