be admiring of
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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| —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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