FromMiddle Englishadmyren, borrowed fromMiddle Frenchadmirer, fromLatinadmīror, fromad +mīror(“wonder at”).
admire (third-person singular simple presentadmires,present participleadmiring,simple past and past participleadmired)
- (obsolete, transitive) To beamazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym;Robert Burton],The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps,→OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:The poor fellow,admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long […].
1640,Thomas Fuller,The Holy State:examples rather to beadmired than imitated
- (transitive) Toregard withwonder anddelight.
c.1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe],Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published1592,→OCLC; reprinted asTamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press,1973,→ISBN,Act I, scene ii:kings ſhall crouch vnto our conquering ſwords,
And hoſtes of Souldiers ſtand amazd at vs,
When with their fearfull tongues they ſhall confeſſe
Theſe are the men that al the worldadmires,
- (transitive) To look upon with anelevated feeling ofpleasure, as something which calls outapprobation,esteem,love orreverence.
- (transitive) Toestimate orvalue highly; to hold in highesteem.
toadmire a person of high moral worth
toadmire a landscape
He had alwaysadmired the work ethos and family values of his friend.
2000, Marshall Mathers (Eminem), “The Way I Am”, inThe Marshall Mathers LP:I'm so sick and tired of bein'admired. That I wish that I would just die or get fired.
- (US, dialectal, rare) To beenthusiastic about (doing something); towant orlike (to do something).(Sometimes followed byto.)
1953, Arthur Miller,The Crucible:I'm not sayin' she's touched the Devil, now, but I'dadmire to know what books she reads and why she hides them — she'll not answer me, y' see.
1976,Field & Stream, page10:And I'dadmire seeing this creek become a sort of stopping place for geese of one sort and another.
2002, Jack Jones,Iron Spur,→ISBN, page37:“I hope you do. I'dadmire seeing a lot of you.” They made camp down at the creek. Will spread her blanket not too far from his. “Well, aren't you a lady's man.” “Why do you say that?”
regard with wonder and delight
- Albanian:admiroj (sq)
- Arabic:عَجَبَ(ʕajaba)
- Belarusian:захапля́цца impf(zaxapljácca)
- Bulgarian:възхища́вам се impf(vǎzhištávam se),любува́м се impf(ljubuvám se)
- Catalan:admirar (ca)
- Cherokee:ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏍᎦ(asquanigosga)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:佩服 (zh)(pèifu),欣賞 /欣赏 (zh)(xīnshǎng)
- Czech:obdivovat (cs) impf
- Danish:beundre
- Dutch:bewonderen (nl),aanbidden (nl)
- Finnish:ihailla (fi)
- French:admirer (fr)
- Galician:admirar (gl)
- Gallurese:ammirià
- German:bewundern (de),verehren (de),hochschätzen (de)
- Greek:θαυμάζω (el)(thavmázo)
- Hebrew:הֶעֱרִיץ(he'eríts)
- Hungarian:csodál (hu)
- Ido:admirar (io)
- Irish:
- Old Irish:ad·amraigedar
- Italian:ammirare (it)
- Japanese:感心する (ja)(かんしんする, kanshin suru)
- Korean:존경하다 (ko)(jon'gyeonghada),감탄하다(gamtanhada),칭찬하다 (ko)(chingchanhada)
- Latin:admīror (la),suspiciō
- Latvian:apbrīnot
- Macedonian:се восхи́тува impf(se voshítuva)
- Maltese:ammira
- Maori:miharo,whakamiha,whakamīharo,rāhiri,whakamanahau,rāhiri
- Occitan:admirar (oc),badar (oc)
- Pitcairn-Norfolk:aata
- Polish:podziwiać (pl) impf,zachwycać się (pl) impf,admirować (pl) impf(literary)
- Portuguese:admirar (pt)
- Russian:восхища́ться (ru) impf(vosxiščátʹsja),восторга́ться (ru) impf(vostorgátʹsja),любова́ться (ru) impf(ljubovátʹsja)
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese:ammirai
- Logudorese:ammirare
- Sassarese:ammirà
- Spanish:admirar (es)
- Swedish:beundra (sv)
- Thai:ชม (th)(chom)
- Turkish:hayran olmak,bayılmak (tr)(colloquial)
- Ukrainian:захо́плюватися impf(zaxópljuvatysja)
- Vietnamese:khâm phục (vi)
- Volapük:stunidön (vo)
- Welsh:edmygu (cy)
- Woiwurrung:boorndup
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- IPA(key): /adˈmire/
- Rhymes:-ire
- Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧re
admire
- admiringly
admire
- inflection ofadmirer:
- first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
- second-personsingularimperative
admire
- inflection ofadmirar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
admire
- inflection ofadmirar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
admire
- third-personsingular/pluralpresentsubjunctive ofadmira
admire (third-person singular simple presentadmires,present participleadmirin,simple pastadmired,past participleadmired)
- toadmire,marvel at
- (Shetland) tosurprise,astonish
- IPA(key): /adˈmiɾe/[að̞ˈmi.ɾe]
- Rhymes:-iɾe
- Syllabification:ad‧mi‧re
admire
- inflection ofadmirar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
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