admirer
Use Admirer in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
2.
to regard with wonder or surprise (usually used ironically or sarcastically): I admire your audacity.
verb (used without object)
Idioms 3.
to feel or express admiration.
4.
Dialect. to take pleasure; like or desire: I would admire to go.
5.
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire: He's admiring of his brother's farm.
Origin:
1580–90; < Latin admīrārī, equivalent to ad- ad- + mīrārī (in Medieval Latin mīrāre) to wonder at, admire
1580–90; < Latin admīrārī, equivalent to ad- ad- + mīrārī (in Medieval Latin mīrāre) to wonder at, admire
Related forms
ad·mir·er, noun
pre·ad·mire, verb (used with object), pre·ad·mired, pre·ad·mir·ing.
pre·ad·mir·er, noun
qua·si-ad·mire, verb, qua·si-ad·mired, qua·si-ad·mir·ing.
un·ad·mired, adjective
Synonyms
1. esteem, revere, venerate.
1. esteem, revere, venerate.
Antonyms
1. despise.
1. despise.
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World English Dictionary
admire (ədˈmaɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to regard with esteem, respect, approval, or pleased surprise |
| 2. | archaic to wonder at |
| [C16: from Latin admīrāri to wonder at, from ad- to, at + mīrāri to wonder, from mīrus wonderful] | |
| ad'mirer | |
| —n | |
| ad'miring | |
| —adj | |
| ad'miringly | |
| —adv | |
| admire (ədˈmaɪə) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to regard with esteem, respect, approval, or pleased surprise |
| 2. | archaic to wonder at |
| [C16: from Latin admīrāri to wonder at, from ad- to, at + mīrāri to wonder, from mīrus wonderful] | |
| ad'mirer | |
| —n | |
| ad'miring | |
| —adj | |
| ad'miringly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
admire
late 16c., from Fr. admirer (O.Fr. amirer, 14c.), from L. admirari (see admiration). Noun admirer is recorded from c.1600; "In common speech, a lover" [Johnson], a sense recorded from c.1705.
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Example sentences
Readers, pause to read to a friendly four-legged admirer.
And you can always make yourself invisible to an unwanted admirer.
As a new admirer of his work it is pleasurable to see articles and books still written by him.
At nearly every step, he was stopped by an admirer and was asked to pose for a picture.
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