Admiration

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  Wonder or questioning, without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject.

Adjectives for Admiration
heartfelt; affectionate; ecstatic; wholehearted; rapturous; unbounded; cordial; genuine; undying; profound; unstinted; grateful; modest; effusive; wistful;  unfeigned; passionate; intense; open;  frank; enthusiastic; reluctant; waning;  grudging; fictitious; perverse; patriotic; youthful; girlish; wondering; amazed; hushed; puzzled; unabashed; sneaking; ardent; mirthful; self-contained; inexpressible; repressed; blind; mute; envious; reiterated; deluded; mutual; unmitigated; critical; loquacious; unrestrained; clamorous; passing; complacent; prolonged; smiling; unwilling; universal; ineffable; impersonal; respectful; astonished; reverent; calculating; noisy; untutored; outspoken; undisguised; unlimited; sympathetic; reciprocal; excessive;  maudlin;  rapt; half-envious; magnanimous; indulgent; pitying; healthy; speechless; momentary;  enhanced.

Verbs for Admiration
arouse -; challenge -; command -; draw -; elicit -; evoke -; excite -; express -; fill with -; inspire -; lose in -; mirror -; modify -; obtain -; profess -; reap -; reserve -; retain -; season -; strike with -; suppress -; temper -; utter -; win -; - abates; - beams; - buzzes; - cools; - haunts; - moves; - seizes; - wanes; - waxes.

Synonyms for Admiration
wonder, approval, appreciation, adoration, reverence, worship, deference, estimation, approbation, praise, encomium, applause, regard, respect, surprise, amazement, gratification, esteem, pleasure.

Antonyms for Admiration
hatred, hate, detestation, disregard, contempt, disapproval, distrust, denunciation, dissatisfaction, disgust, aversion, dislike, loathing, antipathy, repugnance.

Thesaurus
acceptance; account; adherence; adoration; affection; agape; amaze; amazement; apotheosis; appreciation; approbation; approval; ardency; ardor; astonishment; astoundment; attachment; awe; beguilement; bewilderment; blessing; bodily love; breathless adoration; breathless wonder; brotherly love; caritas; charity; conjugal love; consideration; countenance; courtesy; deference; deification; delight; desire; devotion; dumbfoundment; duty; ecstasy; endorsement; esteem; estimation; exaggerated respect; faithful love; fancy; fascination; favor; favorable vote; fervor; flame; fondness; free love; free-lovism; great respect; heart; hero worship; high regard; homage; honor; idolatry; idolism; idolization; lasciviousness; libido; like; liking; love; lovemaking; married love; marvel; marveling; nod; passion; physical love; pleasure; popular regard; popularity; prestige; puzzlement; rapture; regard; respect; reverence; reverential regard; sanction; seal of approval; sense of mystery; sense of wonder; sentiment; sex; sexual love; shine; spiritual love; stamp of approval; stupefaction; surprise; tender feeling; tender passion; transport; truelove; uxoriousness; veneration; voice; vote; weakness; wonder; wonderment; worship; yea; yea vote; yearning

Derived terms

 * admirative
 * admiratively