admiration
noun /ˌædməˈreɪʃn/
/ˌædməˈreɪʃn/
[uncountable]- a feeling of respect for and approval of somebody/something
- He never lost the admiration of his students.
- admiration for somebody/something I have great admiration for her as a writer.
- in admiration to watch/gaze in admiration
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsc1- As a writer she is certainly worthy of admiration.
- He gained the admiration of thousands of people.
- He gazed at her with admiration.
- I have nothing but admiration for the way she tackled those bullies.
- I have the greatest admiration for the nurses.
- I'm full of admiration for him.
- Inwardly, I had a sneaking admiration for them.
- She stared at him in open admiration.
- She wrote to him expressing her admiration.
- The picture was greeted with gasps of admiration.
- The way he dealt with the crisis filled me with admiration.
- a dignity that compels admiration
- admiration for his work
- We watched in admiration as the gymnasts practised their routines.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- genuine
- great
- …
- be filled with
- be full of
- feel
- …
- in admiration
- with admiration
- admiration for
- …
- a gasp of admiration
- have nothing but admiration for somebody/something
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘marvelling, wonder’): from Latin admiratio(n-), from the verb admirari, from ad- ‘at’ + mirari ‘wonder’.