admirations

Noun

admiration (countable and uncountable, plural admirations)

1. 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

   Synonyms:

   approval, appreciation, adoration, reverence, wonder, worship

2. (obsolete) 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...
3. (obsolete) 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...