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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He brought to his interpretation a moving blend of guilt over his past behavior and a quiet insistence on the love and admiration he has always felt—if rarely expressed.
While Loktev rarely inserts herself into this epic, we feel her admiration from behind the camera.
From Los Angeles Times
Since then, admiration for its score has inspired many iterations.
Dutiful Meg paradoxically longs for leisure and fashionable clothes; impetuous Jo yearns for literary fame; shy, music-loving Beth wishes only for everyone to be happy; artistic Amy craves admiration and status.
"It is obvious that the painting radiates his admiration," he said.
From Barron's
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