Meaning of admiration | Babel Free

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1. A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
   countable, uncountable
2. Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. extremely good. His behaviour during the riot was admirable. bewonderingswaardig جَدِير بِالإعْجَاب възхитителен admirável obdivuhodný bewundernswert beundringsværdig αξιοθαύμαστοςadmirable imetlusväärne تحسین برانگیز ihailtava admirable רָאוּי לְהַעֲרָכָה प्रशंसनीय dostojan divljenja csodálatos mengagumkan aðdáunarverður ammirabile, ammirevole 見事な 감탄할 만한 puikus, žavus apbrīnojams; lielisks mengkagumkan bewonderenswaardigbeundringsverdig godny podziwu دحیرانی وړ ؛دشاباسی وړ admirável admirabi...
4. Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. extremely well. He's admirably suited to the job. uitstekend عَلَى نَحْو يُثِير الإعْجَاب възхитително admiravelmente obdivuhodně bewundernswert beundringsværdigt θαυμάσια, εξαίσια admirablemente suurepäraselt بطور تحسین برانگیز ihailtavasti admirablement בְּאוֹפֶן הָרָאוּי לְהַעֲרָכָה प्रशंसापूर्वक zadivljujuće csodálatosan sangat einkar vel mirabilmente, in modo ammirevole 立派に 감탄할 만하게 puikiai apbrīnojami; lieliski keagumannya bijzonder goed svært godt, beundringsverdig wspaniale په خوښۍ سره...
6. They were filled with admiration at the team's performance. bewondering إعْجَاب възхищение admiração obdiv die Bewunderung beundring θαυμασμόςadmiración imetlus تمجید ihailu admirationהערצה प्रशंसा divljenje csodálat kekaguman aðdáun ammirazione 賞賛 감탄 susižavėjimas apbrīna kekaguman bewonderingbeundringpodziw تعجب admiração admi­raţie восхищение obdiv občudovanje divljenje beundran การชื่นชม hayranlık, takdir 仰慕，欽佩 захоплення تحسین ، توصیف sự khâm phục 赞美，钦佩
7. an admiring glance. bewonderende فِيه إعْجَاب възхитител admirador obdivný bewundernd beundrende γεμάτος θαυμασμό admirativo imetlev تحسین آمیز ihaileva admirateurמעריץ प्रशंसा योग्य pun obožavanja csodálkozó kagum aðdáandi (che ammira) 賞賛している 감탄스러운 kupinas susižavėjimo apbrīnojošs; apbrīnojams meminati bewonderendbeundrende pełen podziwu په مينه،. admirativo ad­mi­rativ восхищённый obdivný občudujoč zadivljen beundrande น่าชื่นชม hayranlık dolu 讚賞的 захоплений توصیفی، تعریفی cảm phục 赞美的
8. bewonderingswaardig بِإعْجَاب възхитително com admiração s obdivem bewundernd med beundring; beundringsværdigt με θαυμασμό con admiración imetlevalt بطور ستایش آمیز ihailevasti admirativement בְּהַעֲרָצָה प्रशंसापूर्वक s obožavanjem elragadtatással secara kagum, dengan kagum með aðdáun con ammirazione 感心して 탄복할 만하게 su susižavėjimu apbrīnojami; ar apbrīnu dengan penuh minat bewonderendmed beundring z podziwem دتحسين په توګه com admiração (în mod) admirativ восхищённо obdivne občudujoče zadivlje...
9. A feeling of strong approval or delight with regard to someone or something: the students' admiration for their teacher. See Synonyms at regard.
10. The state of being viewed with such approval or delight: an actor held in admiration by her peers.
11. The object of such approval and delight: a movie that was the admiration of many critics.
12. Archaic The action of wondering; marveling.
    Archaic
13. pleasurable contemplation or surprise

Equivalents

Examples

“admiration of a war hero”

“They looked at the landscape in admiration.”

“For in this Instance, Life most exactly resembles the Stage, since it is often the same Person who represents the Villain and the Heroe; and he who engages your Admiration To-day, will probably attract your Contempt To-Morrow.”

“A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“Dr. Veraswami had a passionate admiration for the English, which a thousand snubs from Englishmen had not shaken.”

“[I]n the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them.”

“Equally I can stand in a station like Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch with ill-concealed admiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6" electrics, packing 6,000 horsepower within its 60 ft. of length and 121 tons of weight, with its sleek dark green sides and handsome stainless steel bands and front wings.”

“Lear. Your name, fair gentlewoman? Goneril. This admiration, sir, is much o’ th’ savour Of other your new pranks.”

“And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.”

“[…] Admiration seized All Heaven, what this might mean, and whither tend, Wondering;”

“Now, good Lafeu, Bring in the admiration; that we with thee May spend our wonder too, or take off thine By wondering how thou took’st it.”

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