Admire
[əd'maɪə] or [əd'maɪɚ]
Definition
(v. t.) To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
(v. t.) To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.
(v. i.) To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. [Rare.] Wonder at, be surprised at, be astonished or amazed at.[2]. Like much, think highly of, have a high opinion of, prize or value highly.
v. n. [Rare.] Wonder, marvel, be surprised or astonished.
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Definition
v.t. to have a high opinion of: to love.—v.i. (arch.) to be affected with wonder at.—adj. Ad′mirable worthy of being admired.—n. Ad′mirableness.—adv. Ad′mirably.—ns. Admir′ance (Spens.) admiration; Admirā′tion the act of admiring: wonder together with esteem love or veneration: (B. Shak. and Milton) astonishment.—adj. Ad′mirative.—n. Admīr′er one who admires: a lover.—adv. Admīr′ingly.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are an object of admiration, denotes that you will retain the love of former associates, though your position will take you above their circle.
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Examples
- Paul; they are too hideous: but if you admire themallow me to vacate my seat and leave you to their contemplation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I admire her--as my friend does--exceedingly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I suppose you admire a man with the complexion of a cochon de lait. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Does not every one love and admire him? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You admire Lord Ponsonby then? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I admire him now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And so saying, she took the screens out of her sister-in-law's hands, to admire them herself as they ought to be admired. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She admired her husband, strong, brave, and victorious. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- People admired the machines as a curiosity, but none were induced to buy them or help him pecuniarily. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Heroism, or military glory, is much admired by the generality of mankind. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I wondered, as I looked at this fair creature: I admired her with my whole heart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Even before they were acquainted, he had admired Osborne in secret. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She admired the self-possession and the control of the dying man exceedingly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Among his other advantages, Lord Raymond was supremely handsome; every one admired him; of women he was the idol. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I was admiring the boy's handsome dark eyes, when the mother, young Mrs. Leigh, entered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That mademoiselle has made good use of her time, and the result is charming, replied Laurie, bowing with his hand on his heart and an admiring look. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is interesting to note that Edison became greatly interested in the later developments by Marconi, and is an admiring friend and adviser of that well-known inventor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They found Winifred at the lodge admiring the litter of purebred white puppies. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yes, I am, and admiring the mole in your chin at the same time. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- What a sarcastic smile,' said the admiring Rachael; 'I declare I'm quite afraid of you. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That was really my ignorance, said Dorothea, admiring Will's good-humor. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She admires a flower (pink camellia japonica, price half-a-crown), in my button-hole. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Do not you know she calls every one reserved who does not talk as fast, and admire what she admires as rapturously as herself? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Yes, I daresay: no doubt he admires her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She forbears to judge them as a whole, but she has her exceptions whom she admires--Louis and Mr. Hall, and, of late, yourself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I can see that she admires you almost as much as a man expects to be admired. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Everybody admires his future wife, and everybody will, in time, like him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Well, he is a lofty man of genius, and admires the great and heroic in life and novels; and so had better take warning and go elsewhere. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Xenia