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1. (n.) admiration
a feeling of pleasure, approval, and often respect or wonder.
2. admiration
an object of such feelings:
She was the admiration of all her friends.
3. admiration
the act of regarding with approval and pleasure.
4. admiration
Archaic. wonder; astonishment.
Etymology: (1400–50; < L)
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| Definition of 'admiration' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) admiration, esteem
a feeling of delighted approval and liking
2. (noun) wonder, wonderment, admiration
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
3. (noun) admiration, appreciation
a favorable judgment
"a small token in admiration of your works"
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1. (noun) admiration
a feeling of strong respect
He felt great admiration for her work.
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| Definition of 'admiration' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) admiration
wonder; astonishment
2. (noun) admiration
wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue
3. (noun) admiration
cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy
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| Definitions of 'admiration' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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admiration
1. The smile of Spite.
2. To secretly wish evil to one who has given us pleasure.
3. A form of shamefaced flattery.
4. To murder and go scot-free. _E. g._, "I admire him very much." "Ah, so that is the reason he has become thoughtful!" From Bean's _Meditations of a Vegetarian_.
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Sense: extremely well
He's admirably suited to the job.; They were filled with admiration at the team's performance.
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 Afrikaans: bewondering |
 Arabic: إعْجَاب |
 Bulgarian: възхищение |
 Brazilian: admiração |
 Czech: obdiv |
 German: die Bewunderung |
 Danish: beundring |
 Greek: θαυμασμός |
 Spanish: admiración |
 Estonian: imetlus |
 Farsi: تمجید |
 Finnish: ihailu |
 French: admiration |
 Hebrew: הַעֲרָצָה |
 Hindi: प्रशंसा |
 Croatian: divljenje |
 Hungarian: csodálat |
 Indonesian: kekaguman |
 Icelandic: aðdáun |
 Italian: ammirazione |
 Japanese: 賞賛 |
 Korean: 감탄 |
 Lithuanian: susižavėjimas |
 Latvian: apbrīna |
 Malay: kekaguman |
 Dutch: bewondering |
 Norwegian: beundring |
 Polish: podziw |
 Persian: تمجید |
 Pashto: تعجب |
 Portuguese: admiração |
 Romanian: admiraţie |
 Russian: восхищение |
 Slovak: obdiv |
 Slovenian: občudovanje |
 Serbian: divljenje |
 Swedish: beundran |
 Thai: การชื่นชม |
 Turkish: hayranlık, takdir |
 Taiwanese: 仰慕，欽佩 |
 Ukrainian: захоплення |
 Urdu: تحسین ، توصیف |
 Vietnamese: sự khâm phục |
 Chinese: 赞美，钦佩 |
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