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admire
[ad-mahyuhr]
verb (used with object)
to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
Antonyms: despiseto regard with wonder or surprise (usually used ironically or sarcastically).
I admire your audacity.
verb (used without object)
to feel or express admiration.
Dialect., to take pleasure; like or desire.
I would admire to go.
admire
/ ədˈmaɪə /
verb
to regard with esteem, respect, approval, or pleased surprise
archaic, to wonder at
Other Word Forms
- admiring adjective
- admiringly adverb
- admirer noun
- preadmire verb (used with object)
- quasi-admire verb
- unadmired adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of admire1
Idioms and Phrases
be admiring of, to admire.
He's admiring of his brother's farm.
Example Sentences
Thatcher is loathed by many people in Argentina owing to the Falklands War, but Milei told me he admired her and that she was "brilliant."
While Indian rose to second place in North American market share, Harley dealers generally don’t consider the brand to be a serious rival, though they admire some of its products.
In England, they admire Harry and all the rest of it, but he also should be considered one of the greats in world football.
“I think a lot of it just came from his body changing the way he was throwing,” said Dodgers director of pitching Rob Hill, who had closely admired Sasaki during his Japanese career.
"You've got to admire somebody who's paying somebody else in their own time to try and help them play better," he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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