admire
To regard with wonder and delight.
Other meanings
To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem.
“He'd always been (very) much admired by his colleagues.”
Synonyms
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Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "admīror".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “admire” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.