ADMIRATION

admiration, appreciation

(noun) a favorable judgment; β€œa small token in admiration of your works”

admiration, esteem

(noun) a feeling of delighted approval and liking

wonder, wonderment, admiration

(noun) the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

admiration (countable and uncountable, plural admirations)

A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful

(obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).

(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.

Synonyms

• (positive emotion including wonder and approbation): approval, appreciation, adoration, reverence, wonder, worship

Source: Wiktionary


Ad`mi*ra"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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