admire

See also: Admire and admiré

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror, from ad + mīror (“wonder at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ədˈmaɪə/
• IPA^(key): /ədˈmaɪɹ/
• Hyphenation: ad‧mire

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:

     The poor fellow, admiring how he came there, was served in state all day long […].

   • 1640, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State

     examples rather to be admired than imitated

2. (transitive) To regard with wonder and delight.
3. (transitive) To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence.
4. (transitive) To estimate or value highly; to hold in high esteem.

   to admire a person of high moral worth

   He had always admired the work ethos and family values of his friend.

   to admire a landscape

   • 2000, Marshall Mathers (Eminem) (lyrics and music), “The Way I Am”, in The Marshall Mathers LP:

     I'm so sick and tired of bein' admired. That I wish that I would just die or get fired.

6. (US, dialectal, rare) To be enthusiastic about (doing something); to want or like (to do something). (Sometimes followed by to.)
   • 1953, Arthur Miller, The Crucible:

     I'm not sayin' she's touched the Devil, now, but I'd admire to know what books she reads and why she hides them — she'll not answer me, y' see.

   • 1976, Field & Stream, page 10:

     And I'd admire seeing this creek become a sort of stopping place for geese of one sort and another.

   • 2002, Jack Jones, Iron Spur (→ISBN), page 37:

     “I hope you do. I'd admire seeing a lot of you.” They made camp down at the creek. Will spread her blanket not too far from his. “Well, aren't you a lady's man.” “Why do you say that?”

Derived terms

• admirable
• admiration
• admirative
• admirer

 

Related terms

• admirably
• admiratively
• mirate, miration
• mirative, mirativity

 

Translations

regard with wonder and delight

• Albanian: admiroj (sq)
• Arabic: عَجَبَ (ʕajaba)
• Belarusian: захапля́цца impf (zaxapljácca)
• Bulgarian: възхища́вам се impf (vǎzhištávam se), любува́м се impf (ljubuvám se)
• Catalan: admirar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佩服 (zh) (pèifu), 欣賞／欣赏 (zh) (xīnshǎng), 欣赏 (zh) (xīnshǎng)

• Czech: obdivovat impf
• Danish: beundre
• Dutch: bewonderen (nl), aanbidden (nl)
• Finnish: ihailla (fi)
• French: admirer (fr)
• Galician: admirar (gl)
• Gallurese: ammirià
• German: bewundern (de), verehren (de), hochschätzen
• Greek: θαυμάζω (el) (thavmázo)
• Hebrew: הֶעֱרִיץ (he'eríts)
• Hungarian: csodál (hu)
• Ido: admirar (io)
• Interlingue:
• Irish:

  Old Irish: ad·amraigedar

• Italian: ammirare (it)
• Japanese: 感心する (ja) (かんしんする, kanshin suru)
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• Korean: 존경하다 (ko) (jon'gyeonghada), 감탄하다 (gamtanhada), 칭찬하다 (ko) (chingchanhada)
• Latin: admīror (la), suspiciō
• Latvian: apbrīnot
• Maltese: ammira
• Maori: miharo, whakamiha, whakamīharo, rāhiri, whakamanahau, rāhiri
• Novial:
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: aata
• Polish: podziwiać (pl) impf, zachwycać się (pl) impf
• Portuguese: admirar (pt)
• Russian: восхища́ться (ru) impf (vosxiščátʹsja), восторга́ться (ru) impf (vostorgátʹsja), любова́ться (ru) impf (ljubovátʹsja)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: ammirai

  Logudorese: ammirare

• Sassarese: ammirà
• Spanish: admirar (es)
• Swedish: beundra (sv)
• Thai: ชม (th) (chom)
• Turkish: hayran olmak
• Ukrainian: захо́плюватися impf (zaxópljuvatysja)
• Vietnamese: khâm phục (vi)
• Volapük: stunidön (vo)
• Welsh: edmygu (cy)

Anagrams

• Merida, Mérida, admier, mierda, raimed

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Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): [adˈmire]
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧re

Adverb

admire

1. admiringly

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Verb

admire

1. first-person singular present indicative of admirer
2. third-person singular present indicative of admirer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of admirer
5. second-person singular imperative of admirer

Anagrams

• damier, médira, merdai, Mérida

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Portuguese

Verb

admire

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [adˈmire]

Verb

admire

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of admira
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of admira

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ədˈmaɪr/

Verb

admire (third-person singular simple present admires, present participle admirin, simple past admired, past participle admired)

1. to admire, marvel at
2. to surprise, astonish

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adˈmiɾe/ [að̞ˈmi.ɾe]

Verb

admire

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of admirar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of admirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of admirar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of admirar.