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admire
[ ad-mahyuhr ]
verb (used with object)
- to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- to 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
/ əˈɪə /
verb
- to regard with esteem, respect, approval, or pleased surprise
- archaic.to wonder at
Derived Forms
- ˈԲ, adjective
- ˈԲly, adverb
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·· noun
- ·· verb (used with object) preadmired preadmiring
- ܲ·-· verb quasiadmired quasiadmiring
- ܲ·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of admire1
Idioms and Phrases
- be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
He's admiring of his brother's farm.
Example Sentences
But I admire clubs that choose to live in the now, rather than clinging to what worked then.
She said Pope Francis had been "admired by so many, myself included".
"One thing I always admired about him – though did not always agree with at first – was that he didn't run away from difficult things," said Archbishop Gallagher.
When I think of the most fashionable women I’ve known or admired from afar, they rarely chase trends.
The veteran has admired the Notre Dame alumnus since he entered the league.
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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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