Admiration (IPA: /ˌædmɝˈeɪʃən/)
| Admiration (n.) |
Wonder; astonishment. |
| Admiration (n.) |
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. |
| Admiration (n.) |
Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy. |
| Admiration |
Social emotion |
| Admiration |
Painting by William Bouguereau, San Antonio Museum of Art |
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Print in the National Gallery of Art (NGA 31134) |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " "he had to admit to a faint admiration (faint as angostura colouring gin and water)" - Anthony Burgess |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection." - Affection |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view." - Admiration |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Admiration is the emotion furthest from comprehension." - Admiration |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Admiration, n Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves." - Admiration |
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