admiration
UK/ˌæd.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
admiration noun: a positive emotion combining wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful; a feeling of respect for another's skills or attributes, as one might look on a hero or role model.
Noun
admiration (countable and uncountable, plural admirations)
- A positive emotion combining wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful; a feeling of respect for another's skills or attributes, as one might look on a hero or role model.
- admiration of a war hero
- They looked at the landscape in admiration.
- Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
- Lear. Your name, fair gentlewoman?
Goneril. This admiration, sir, is much o’ th’ savour
Of other your new pranks.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount... - 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 17:6
- Lear. Your name, fair gentlewoman?
- Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
- 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.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Now, good Lafeu,
admiration meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
admiration in Hindi
- adoration; appreciation
- तारीफ़ tārīf, सफत saphat, उपमा upmā
admiration in Urdu
- admiration, compliment
- آدر ādar
admiration in Bengali
- admiration, honor, esteem
- শ্রদ্ধা sroddha
admiration in Malayalam
- ആദരവ്, മതിപ്പ്
More languagesFewer languages
- admiration in Kannada
- ಮೆಚ್ಚಿಕೆ, ಶ್ಲಾಘನೆ, ಪ್ರಶಂಸೆ ನೋಡಿ ಆದ ಸಂತೋಷ, ಪ್ರಶಂಸೆ ನೋಡಿ ಆದ ಆನಂದ
- admiration in Punjabi
- تعریف taʻrīf
- admiration in Tagalog
- paghanga
- admiration in Arabic
- إِعْجَاب ʔiʕjāb
- admiration in Persian
- تحسین tahsin
- admiration in Thai
- การชื่นชม gaan chêun chom
- admiration in Vietnamese
- sự khâm phục
Examples of admiration in a sentence
- A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 6, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George...
- Veraswami had a passionate admiration for the English, which a thousand snubs from Englishmen had not shaken.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 3, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers...
- There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite.1939 April 14, John Steinbeck, chapter 19, in The Grapes of Wrath, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 242:
Synonyms of admiration
Forms of admiration
| plural | admirations |
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Origin of admiration
From Middle English admiracion, borrowed from Middle French admiration, or directly from Latin admīrātiō, from prefix ad- (“to, towards”) + mīrō (“to look at”) + -ātiō. Compare the verb admire, and US dialectal terms miration and mirate.
Words formed from admiration
Phrases with admiration
Words that rhyme with admiration
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- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
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- modulation
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- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about admiration
- What does admiration mean?
- Admiration means a positive emotion combining wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful; a feeling of respect for another's skills or attributes, as one might look on a hero or role model.
- What is admiration in Hindi?
- Admiration in Hindi is तारीफ़ (tārīf), सफत (saphat), उपमा (upmā). See Admiration meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use admiration in a sentence?
- A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
- What part of speech is admiration?
- Admiration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce admiration?
- Admiration is pronounced /ˌæd.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of admiration?
- The plural of admiration is admirations.
Words near admiration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: admiration (page history and authors); آدر (Urdu) (page history and authors); শ্রদ্ধা (Bengali) (page history and authors); admiration (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admiration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تعریف (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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