Admire

Verb

 * 1)  To be amazed at.
 * 2)  To regard with wonder and delight.
 * 3)  to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence;
 * 4)  to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape.

Adverbs for Admire
universally; prodigiously; immensely; gushingly; passionately; cordially; legitimately; tremendously; ardently; ecstatically; whole-heartedly; rapturously; effusively; profoundly; wistfully; intensely; mutely; unrestrainedly; loquaciously; complacently; clamorously; ineffably; reverently; outspokenly; frankly; undisguisedly; unboundedly; magnanimously; indulgently; unceasingly; fervently; legitimately; perfunctorily.

Synonyms for Admire
appreciate, approve, praise, extol, honor, respect, esteem, love, adore, look at.

Antonyms for Admire
blame, ridicule, detest, execrate, scorn, dishonor, abhor, vilify, abominate, dislike, belittle.

Thesaurus
OK; accept; accord respect to; adore; apotheosize; appreciate; approve; approve of; bless; cherish; consider; countenance; dearly love; defer to; deify; delight in; endorse; entertain respect for; esteem; exalt; favor; hero-worship; hold dear; hold in esteem; hold in reverence; hold with; honor; idolize; keep in countenance; look up to; love to distraction; prize; rate highly; regard; relish; respect; revere; reverence; sanction; take kindly to; think highly of; think much of; think well of; treasure; uphold; value; venerate; view with favor; worship

Etymology
From admirer:, from  admiror: < ad: + miror:.

Derived terms

 * admirable
 * admirer


 * admiration
 * admirative

Related terms

 * admirably

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: възхищавам се, любувам се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 佩服
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen


 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: להעריץ
 * Ido: admirar
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 존경하다
 * Maltese:
 * Russian: восхищаться, восторгаться
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: hayran olmak
 * Volapük: stunidön
 * Welsh: edmygu

Anagrams

 * Mérida

Anagrams

 * damier
 * médira
 * merdai
 * Mérida

Verb
admire