admiration, appreciation
(noun) a favorable judgment; “a 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
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.
• (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
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
