admiration
Plural: admirations
Noun
- a feeling of delighted approval and liking
- the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
- a favorable judgment
- "a small token in admiration of your works"
- A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
- Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
- Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
Examples
- admiration of a war hero
- They looked at the landscape in admiration.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English admiracion, borrowed from Middle French admiration, or directly from Latin admīrātiō, from prefix ad- (“to, towards”) + mīrō (“I look at”) + -ātiō. Compare the verb admire, and US dialectal terms miration and mirate.
Synonyms
appreciation, esteem, wonder, wonderment, adoration, approval, reverence, worship
Scrabble Score: 13
admiration: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordadmiration: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
admiration: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary