Definition of admires Admires

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Verb admires, admiring, admired
admire - feel admiration for
		look up to
		look down on regard with contempt; "the new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest"
		esteem, respect, prise, prize, value regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
		envy be envious of; set one's heart on
admire - look at with admiration
		look have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery"

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

admire (v. t.)
To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
admire (v. t.)
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.
admire (v. i.)
To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.

admire
To look at something with great approval, pleasure or wonder; to watch with admiration.
admire
To feel respect or admiration for (a person).

admire
ad-mīr′, v.t. to have a high opinion of: to love.—v.i. (arch.) to be affected with wonder at.—adj. Ad′mirable, worthy of being admired.—n. Ad′mirableness.—adv. Ad′mirably.—ns. Admir′ance (Spens.), admiration; Admirā′tion, the act of admiring: wonder, together with esteem, love, or veneration: (B., Shak., and Milton) astonishment.—adj. Ad′mirative.—n. Admīr′er, one who admires: a lover.—adv. Admīr′ingly. [Fr. admirer—L. ad, at, mirāri, to wonder.]