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admiration
[ ad-muh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
Synonyms: affection, regard, esteem, approval
Antonyms: condemnation
- the act of looking on or contemplating with pleasure:
admiration of fine paintings.
- an object of wonder, pleasure, or approval:
The dancer was the admiration of everyone.
- Archaic. wonder; astonishment.
admiration
/ ˌædməˈreɪʃən /
noun
- pleasurable contemplation or surprise
- a person or thing that is admired
she was the admiration of the court
- archaic.wonder
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Other Words From
- ad·mi·ra·tive [ad-, mahy, -r, uh, -tiv, ad-m, uh, -, rey, -], adjective
- ad·mira·tive·ly adverb
- self-admi·ration noun
- super·admi·ration noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of admiration1
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
Others earn our admiration because they belong more to a particular moment.
The pride and admiration Vial has for the artists who put on Cirque du Soleil is evident.
He made no bones about his great admiration for FDR, who was his mentor, and he had roots too in the Truman administration.
In the ruling, she expressed her admiration for Ms. Fitzmaurice.
To his close friends, Picasso did not hide his admiration for the Iberian sculptures.
One of the first out-goings of admiration towards form is the child's praise of "tiny" things.
Admiration for brilliant colours, for moving things, such as feathers, is common to the two.
The mother played her accompaniments and at the same time watched her daughter with greedy admiration and nervous apprehension.
His unbounded generosity won for him the admiration of all his race, who graciously recognized him as their Maguinoó.
Mrs. Pell was a very elegant and accomplished woman; her manners were the theme of universal admiration in our neighbourhood.
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