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
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
