admiration

Meaning

Noun

• A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
• Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
• Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.

Related

Similar words

• approval, appreciation, adoration, reverence, wonder, worship

Origin

• Borrowed from Middle French admiration, or directly from Latin admīrātiō, from prefix ad- + mīrō + -ātiō. Compare the verb admire, and US dialectal terms miration and mirate.