LAPPED (UP) Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

lapped (up)

verb

past tense of lap (up)

as in welcomed

to receive or accept gladly or readily a show-off who laps up attention the way a kitten does milk

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Kering, which welcomed veteran automobile executive Luca de Meo as chief executive officer in September 2025, seems in a mood to shake up the group’s creative ranks.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Superior performance on particular tasks should be welcomed, not treated as permission to abandon cognitive agency.

— Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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Once such fallacious arguments were enthusiastically embraced, the horror of the Shoah was not far distant.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Although dominated by Democrats, the California Legislature has hardly embraced a wealth tax, even for the ultra-rich.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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