About The Word Admiration

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Admiration

Admiration Meaning & Definition
Admiration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Admiration?

[n] a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works"
[n] a feeling of delighted approval and liking
[n] the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

Synonyms | Synonyms for Admiration: appreciation | esteem | wonder | wonderment

Related Terms | Find terms related to Admiration: acceptance | account | adherence | adoration | affection | agape | amaze | amazement | Amor | apotheosis | appreciation | approbation | approval | ardency | ardor | astonishment | astoundment | attachment | awe | beguilement | bewilderment | blessing | bodily love | breathless adoration | breathless wonder | brotherly love | caritas | charity | Christian love | conjugal love | consideration | countenance | courtesy | deference | deification | delight | desire | devotion | dumbfoundment | duty | ecstasy | endorsement | Eros | esteem | estimation | exaggerated respect | faithful love | fancy | fascination | favor | favorable vote | fervor | flame | fondness | free love | free-lovism | great respect | heart | hero worship | high regard | homage | honor | idolatry | idolism | idolization | lasciviousness | libido | like | liking | love | lovemaking | married love | marvel | marveling | nod | OK | passion | physical love | Platonic love | pleasure | popular regard | popularity | prestige | puzzlement | rapture | regard | respect | reverence | reverential regard | sanction | seal of approval | sense of mystery | sense of wonder | sentiment | sex | sexual love | shine | spiritual love | stamp of approval | stupefaction | surprise | tender feeling | tender passion | transport | truelove | uxoriousness | veneration | voice | vote | weakness | wonder | wonderment | worship | yea | yea vote | yearning

See Also | adoration | amazement | Anglophilia | approval | approving | astonishment | awe | blessing | glorification | hero worship | idealisation | idealization | idolisation | idolization | liking

Admiration In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad`mi*ra"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. admiratio. See {Admire}.] 1. Wonder; astonishment. [Obs.] Season your admiration for a while. --Shak. 2. Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue. 3. Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy. Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration. --Shak. {Note of admiration}, the mark (!), called also {exclamation point}. Syn: Wonder; approval; appreciation; adoration; reverence; worship.

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