FromMiddle Englishadmiracion, borrowed fromMiddle Frenchadmiration, or directly fromLatinadmīrātiō, from prefixad-(“to, towards”) +mīrō(“I look at”) +-ātiō. Compare the verbadmire, and US dialectal termsmiration andmirate.
admiration (countable anduncountable,pluraladmirations)
- A positive emotion includingwonder andapprobation; the regarding of another as beingwonderful
admiration of a war hero
They looked at the landscape inadmiration.
1749,Henry Fielding, chapter 1, inThe History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume(please specify |volume=I to VI), London:A[ndrew] Millar, […],→OCLC, book VII,pages4-5:For in this Instance, Life most exactly resembles the Stage, since it is often the same Person who represents the Villain and the Heroe; and he who engages yourAdmiration To-day, will probably attract your Contempt To-Morrow.
1939 April 14,John Steinbeck, chapter 19, inThe Grapes of Wrath, New York, N.Y.:The Viking Press,→OCLC,page242:[I]n the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all hisadmirations are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain from them.
1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, inRailway Magazine, page261:Equally I can stand in a station like Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch with ill-concealedadmiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6" electrics, packing 6,000 horsepower within its 60 ft. of length and 121 tons of weight, with its sleek dark green sides and handsome stainless steel bands and front wings.
- (obsolete)Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
c.1603–1606,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene iv]:Lear. Your name, fair gentlewoman?
Goneril. Thisadmiration, sir, is much o’ th’ savour
Of other your new pranks.
1667,John Milton, “Book III”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC, lines270-272:[…]Admiration seized
All Heaven, what this might mean, and whither tend,
Wondering;
- (obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
c.1603–1606,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act ALL'S WELL, scene ii],page 1:Now, good Lafeu,
Bring in theadmiration; that we with thee
May spend our wonder too, or take off thine
By wondering how thou took’st it.
adoration; appreciation
- Albanian:admirim (sq)
- Arabic:إِعْجَاب m(ʔiʕjāb)
- Armenian:հիացմունք (hy)(hiacʻmunkʻ)
- Asturian:almiración (ast) f
- Azerbaijani:valeholma
- Bulgarian:възхище́ние (bg) n(vǎzhišténie),адмира́ция (bg) f(admirácija)
- Catalan:admiració (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:贊賞 /赞赏 (zh)(zànshǎng),欽佩 /钦佩 (zh)(qīnpèi),佩服 (zh)(pèifu)
- Czech:obdiv m
- Danish:beundring c
- Dutch:bewondering (nl) f
- Esperanto:admiro,admirado
- Estonian:imetlus
- Finnish:ihailu (fi)
- French:admiration (fr) f
- Frisian:
- West Frisian:bewûndering
- Galician:admiración (gl) f
- German:Bewunderung (de) f
- Greek:θαυμασμός (el) m(thavmasmós)
- Hebrew:פֶּלֶא (he) m(pele)
- Hindi:तारीफ़ f(tārīf),सफत f(saphat),उपमा (hi) f(upmā)
- Hungarian:bámulat (hu),csodálat (hu),rajongás (hu)
- Italian:ammirazione (it) f
- Japanese:賞賛 (ja)(しょうさん, shōsan),感心 (ja)(かんしん, kanshin)
- Korean:감탄 (ko)(gamtan)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish:heyranî (ku) f
- Latin:admīrātiō f
- Latvian:apbrīna
- Luxembourgish:Bewonnerung f
- Mirandese:admirança f,admiraçon f
- Mongolian:гайхал (mn)(gajxal)
- Norwegian:beundring (no)
- Occitan:admiracion (oc) f
- Papiamentu:atmirashon
- Persian:تحسین (fa)(tahsin)
- Polish:podziw (pl) m,admiracja (pl) f
- Portuguese:admiração (pt) f
- Romanian:admirație (ro) f,admirare (ro) f
- Russian:восхище́ние (ru) n(vosxiščénije),восто́рг (ru) m(vostórg)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:дивљење n
- Latin:divljenje n
- Slovak:obdiv m
- Spanish:admiración (es) f
- Swahili:abos
- Swedish:beundran (sv)
- Tagalog:paghanga
- Thai:การชื่นชม (th)(gaan chêun chom)
- Turkish:hayranlık (tr)
- Ukrainian:захо́плення n(zaxóplennja)
- Vietnamese:sự khâm phục
- Welsh:edmygedd m
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Borrowed fromLatinadmirātiōnem.
admiration f (pluraladmirations)
- admiration
Pleind'admiration pour son adversaire, chacun lève sa propre visière : "Elsseneur ! ...", "Réginald ! ..."- Full of admiration for his enemy, each raised his own visor: "Elsinore!" ... "Reginald!" ...
- (Les Chants de Maldoror - Chant V)
admiration (pluraladmirations)
- admiration
