Definition of admiration Admiration
/æˌdmɚejˈʃʌn/ - [atdmereyshun] - ad•mi•ra•tion
We found 9 definitions of admiration from 4 different sources.
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What does admiration mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: admirations |
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| admiration - a feeling of delighted approval and liking | ||
| esteem | ||
| liking a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" | ||
| anglophilia admiration for Britain and British customs | ||
| hero worship admiration for great men (or their memory) | ||
| philhellenism admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs | ||
| admiration - a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works" | ||
| appreciation | ||
| approving, approval, blessing a message expressing a favorable opinion; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" | ||
| idolisation, idolization, adoration the act of worshiping blindly and to excess | ||
| admiration - the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising | ||
| wonder, wonderment | ||
| amazement, astonishment the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- admiration (Noun)
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. - admiration (Noun)
Wonder or questioning, without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- admiration (n.)
Wonder; astonishment. - admiration (n.)
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. - admiration (n.)
Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.
Part of speech
🔤- admiration, noun, singular of admirations.
