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Word entry · 10 letters

admiration

Best crossword clue

"Respect and warm approval"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˌæd.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aadiimnortStarts with AEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a favorable judgment

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • admiration of a war hero
  • They looked at the landscape in admiration.
  • A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

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