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admirative

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ad⋅mi⋅ra⋅tion

  [ad-muh-rey-shuhn]
Use admirative in a Sentence
–noun
1. a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
2. the act of looking on or contemplating with pleasure: admiration of fine paintings.
3. an object of wonder, pleasure, or approval: The dancer was the admiration of everyone.
4. Archaic. wonder; astonishment.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME admiracion < L admīrātiōn (s. of admīrātiō). See admire, -ation

Related forms:
ad⋅mi⋅ra⋅tive  [ad-mahy-ruh-tiv, ad-muh-rey-] , adjective
ad⋅mi⋅ra⋅tive⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. approval; esteem, regard; affection.

Antonyms:
1. condemnation.
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