Admire
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ədˈmʌɪə/
- US IPA: /ædˈmaɪ.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
Origin
From Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror, from ad + mīror ("wonder at").
Full definition of admire
Verb
- (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.4:The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long ...
- Fullerexamples rather to be admired than imitated
- (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
- (transitive) to look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence;
- (transitive) to estimate or prize highly.to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape