B1noun · countable / uncountable · rare

admiration

admiration · admirations

захоплення

восторг, восхищение

Bewunderung

A positive emotion combining wonder and approbationA 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.

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/ˌæd.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

» Tom deserves admiration.

Tom verdient Bewunderung.

Том заслуживает восхищения.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, uncountable)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.
Bewunderung
восхище́ниеvosxiščénije, восто́ргvostórg
захо́пленняzaxóplennja
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.

More definitions

a favorable judgment
a feeling of delighted approval and liking
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

Examples

69 sentences

Tom deserves admiration.
ruТом заслуживает восхищения.
deTom verdient Bewunderung.
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I feel admiration for his talent.
ruЯ испытываю восхищение перед его талантом.
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I don't want admiration, just recognition.
deIch will keine Bewunderung, sondern lediglich Anerkennung.
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She looks at me with admiration.
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Elias is just expressing his admiration.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

adoration; appreciation:

Русский

By meaning 1

adoration; appreciation:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

adoration; appreciation:

Origin

From Middle English admiracion, borrowed from Middle French admiration, or directly from L

From Middle English admiracion, borrowed from Middle French admiration, or directly from Latin admīrātiō, from prefix ad- (“to, towards”) + mīrō (“to look at”) + -ātiō. Compare the verb admire, and US dialectal terms miration and mirate.

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