admiration
/ˌæd.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ noun B1- A positive emotion combining wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful; a feeling of respect for another's skills or attributes, as one might look on a hero or role model. · admiration of a war hero· They looked at the landscape in admiration.
Plural admirations
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Anne had been smitten with delighted admiration when she first saw that brooch.
Josie walked the Barry fence with an airy unconcern which seemed to imply that a little thing like that wasn’t worth a “dare.” Reluctant admiration greeted her exploit, for most of the other girls could appreciate it, having suffered many things themselves in their efforts to walk fences.
“There’s something so stylish about you, Anne,” said Diana, with unenvious admiration.
Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.
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