ADMIRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does admiration mean? 

• ADMIRATION (noun)
  The noun ADMIRATION has 3 senses:

1. a feeling of delighted approval and liking

2. the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

3. a favorable judgment

  Familiarity information: ADMIRATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADMIRATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of delighted approval and liking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

admiration; esteem

Hypernyms ("admiration" is a kind of...):

liking (a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "admiration"):

Anglophilia (admiration for Britain and British customs)

hero worship (admiration for great men (or their memory))

philhellenism (admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs)

philogyny (admiration for women)

Derivation:

admire (feel admiration for)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

admiration; wonder; wonderment

Hypernyms ("admiration" is a kind of...):

amazement; astonishment (the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "admiration"):

awe (an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A favorable judgment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

admiration; appreciation

Context example:

a small token in admiration of your works

Hypernyms ("admiration" is a kind of...):

approval; approving; blessing (the formal act of approving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "admiration"):

adoration; idolisation; idolization (the act of admiring strongly)

glorification; idealisation; idealization (a portrayal of something as ideal)

 Context examples 

"I think you and I could do as well as that if we tried," returned Jo, amused at his admiration of the trash.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She was looking on with bated breath, leaning slightly forward, so keen was her interest, one hand pressed to her breast, her cheek flushed, and in her eyes a great and amazed admiration.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I can never hear such a one without the greatest admiration and respect, and more than half a mind to take orders and preach myself.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

When he alighted, he surveyed me round with great admiration; but kept beyond the length of my chain.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

My horror at his crimes was lost in my admiration at his skill.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She was looked at, however, and with some admiration; for, in her own hearing, two gentlemen pronounced her to be a pretty girl.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

There is no change in my affection, admiration, and respect.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She laughed because she was disappointed; and though she liked him for his attentions, and thought them all, whether in friendship, admiration, or playfulness, extremely judicious, they were not winning back her heart.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A cry of startled admiration went up.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Hans Nelson was stolid and easy-going, while Edith had long before won his unbounded admiration by her capacity for getting on with people.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)