admire

Speech parts

1. admire - Verb

2. Admire - Proper noun

Meaning

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.

To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

approve look up to delight in marvel revere like rate value love adore goggle respect regard honor worship

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

savage sully flay maul raspberry bash

Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

value prise look respect prize esteem

Hyponyms

envy

Related terms

admirably mirative mirate miration mirativity admiratively

Phrases with the word

I admire admire oneself i admire you so much

Derivatives

admired admiring

Anagrams

DiMera Merida admier armied Dimare mierda

Examples

From the creation learn to admire thy Lord! And if any of the things thou see exceed thy comprehension, and thou are not able to find the reason thereof, yet for this glorify the Creator, that the wisdom of these works surpass thine understanding. John Chrysostom

We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire. François de La Rochefoucauld

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. Winston Churchill

We admire what we do not understand. Hindi Proverb

God made us, and we admire ourselves. Spanish Proverb

The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

admiratively admirativity admirator admire oneself admired admired apple