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admire
[ ad-mahyuhr ]
verb (used with object)
- to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- to regard with wonder or surprise (usually used ironically or sarcastically):
I admire your audacity.
verb (used without object)
- to feel or express admiration.
- Dialect. to take pleasure; like or desire:
I would admire to go.
admire
/ É™»åˈ³¾²¹ÉªÉ™ /
verb
- to regard with esteem, respect, approval, or pleased surprise
- archaic.to wonder at
Derived Forms
- ²¹»åˈ³¾¾±°ù¾±²Ô²µ, adjective
- ²¹»åˈ³¾¾±°ù¾±²Ô²µly, adverb
- ²¹»åˈ³¾¾±°ù±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹»å·³¾¾±°ù·±ð°ù noun
- ±è°ù±ð·²¹»å·³¾¾±°ù±ð verb (used with object) preadmired preadmiring
- ±ç³Ü²¹Â·²õ¾±-²¹»å·³¾¾±°ù±ð verb quasiadmired quasiadmiring
- ³Ü²Ô·²¹»å·³¾¾±°ù±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of admire1
Idioms and Phrases
- be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
He's admiring of his brother's farm.
Example Sentences
This was, of course, all in the administration of William McKinley, whom Trump refers to and admires; he wants the mountain in Alaska to be renamed “Mount McKinley.â€
Before that, South Korea was not somewhere you might expect a military takeover - a peaceful and proud democracy, admired across the globe for its K-dramas and technological innovation.
“I can’t tell you how much I admire his work, how grateful and honored I was when he joined ‘Top Gun’ and came back later for ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’†Cruise said, per Variety.
But being with my family — with people that I love and adore and admire — it’s recharging to me.
You can be a difficult person — even close to radioactive at times — and still admire the beauty of the world and be a proponent of all of the gifts it can supply you.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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