Admire

English

Verb

Admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admiring, simple past and past participle admired)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at.
2. (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
3. (transitive) to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence;
4. (transitive) to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.

Adverbs for Admire

universally; prodigiously; immensely; gushingly; passionately; cordially; legitimately; tremendously; ardently; ecstatically; whole-heartedly; rapturously; effusively; profoundly; wistfully; intensely; mutely; unrestrainedly; loquaciously; complacently; clamorously; ineffably; reverently; outspokenly; frankly; undisguisedly; unboundedly; magnanimously; indulgently; unceasingly; fervently; legitimately; perfunctorily.

Synonyms for Admire

appreciate, approve, praise, extol, honor, respect, esteem, love, adore, look at.

Antonyms for Admire

blame, ridicule, detest, execrate, scorn, dishonor, abhor, vilify, abominate, dislike, belittle.

Thesaurus

OK; accept; accord respect to; adore; apotheosize; appreciate; approve; approve of; bless; cherish; consider; countenance; dearly love; defer to; deify; delight in; endorse; entertain respect for; esteem; exalt; favor; hero-worship; hold dear; hold in esteem; hold in reverence; hold with; honor; idolize; keep in countenance; look up to; love to distraction; prize; rate highly; regard; relish; respect; revere; reverence; sanction; take kindly to; think highly of; think much of; think well of; treasure; uphold; value; venerate; view with favor; worship

Etymology

From Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror < ad + mīror (“wonder at”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ədˈmʌɪə/
• (US) IPA: /ædˈmaɪ.ɚ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)

Derived terms

terms derived from admire

admirable admirer

admiration admirative

Related terms

• admirably

Translations

to admire

Albanian: admiroj (sq) Arabic: عجب (ar) (3ájaba) Bulgarian: възхищавам се , любувам се Chinese: Mandarin: 佩服 (cmn) (pèifu) Czech: obdivovat (cs) Dutch: bewonderen (nl), aanbidden (nl) Finnish: ihailla (fi) French: admirer (fr) German: bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen

Greek: θαυμάζω (el) Hebrew: להעריץ (he) (le'ha'aritz) Ido: admirar Japanese: 感心する (ja) (kanshin-surú) Korean: 존경하다 (ko) (jon-gyeonghada) Maltese: ammira (mt) Russian: восхищаться (ru) (vosxiščát'sja), восторгаться (ru) (vostorgát'sja) Spanish: admirar (es) Turkish: hayran olmak (tr) Volapük: stunidön (vo) Welsh: edmygu (cy)

Anagrams

• Mérida

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French

Verb

Admire

1. first-person singular present indicative of admirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of admirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
5. second-person singular imperative of admirer

Anagrams

• damier
• médira
• merdai
• Mérida

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [adˈmire]

Verb

admire

1. third-person singular subjunctive form of admira.
2. third-person plural subjunctive form of admira.

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Spanish

Verb

Admire (infinitive admirar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of admirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of admirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of admirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of admirar.