admiration
Americannoun
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a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
- Antonyms:
- condemnation
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the act of looking on or contemplating with pleasure.
admiration of fine paintings.
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an object of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
The dancer was the admiration of everyone.
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Archaic. wonder; astonishment.
noun
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pleasurable contemplation or surprise
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a person or thing that is admired
she was the admiration of the court
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archaic wonder
Other Word Forms
- admirative adjective
- admiratively adverb
- self-admiration noun
- superadmiration noun
Etymology
Origin of admiration
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English admiracion, from Latin admīrātiōn-, stem of admīrātiō; equivalent to admire + -ation
Example Sentences
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McKenna has been interviewed for the Chelsea job previously, and there is mutual admiration between the club's hierarchy and the Northern Irishman.
From BBC
Ben Sasse has earned respect and admiration for many years and for a wide variety of good reasons.
She melted into a crowd led by Goodyear staff, directing the fans around the entirety of the blimp — tiny planets orbiting a sun, pulled in by a gravitational force of awe and admiration.
From Los Angeles Times
Shane, a Canadian, does the same but with a smile and a gesture of professional admiration.
From Salon
But the high regard many critics have for his work is based less on nostalgia than on an admiration for the way he has maintained his freewheeling spirit well into the 21st century.
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