Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to admire
Participle: admired
Gerund: admiring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | admire |
| you | admire |
| he;she;it | admires |
| we | admire |
| you | admire |
| they | admire |
Perfect
| I | have admired |
| you | have admired |
| he;she;it | has admired |
| we | have admired |
| you | have admired |
| they | have admired |
Past
| I | admired |
| you | admired |
| he;she;it | admired |
| we | admired |
| you | admired |
| they | admired |
Pluperfect
| I | had admired |
| you | had admired |
| he;she;it | had admired |
| we | had admired |
| you | had admired |
| they | had admired |
Future
| I | will admire |
| you | will admire |
| he;she;it | will admire |
| we | will admire |
| you | will admire |
| they | will admire |
Future Perfect
| I | will have admired |
| you | will have admired |
| he;she;it | will have admired |
| we | will have admired |
| you | will have admired |
| they | will have admired |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | admire |
| you | admire |
| he;she;it | admire |
| we | admire |
| you | admire |
| they | admire |
Perfect
| I | have admired |
| you | have admired |
| he;she;it | have admired |
| we | have admired |
| you | have admired |
| they | have admired |
Imperfect
| I | admired |
| you | admired |
| he;she;it | admired |
| we | admired |
| you | admired |
| they | admired |
Pluperfect
| I | had admired |
| you | had admired |
| he;she;it | had admired |
| we | had admired |
| you | had admired |
| they | had admired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would admire |
| you | would admire |
| he;she;it | would admire |
| we | would admire |
| you | would admire |
| they | would admire |
Perfect
| I | would have admired |
| you | would have admired |
| he;she;it | would have admired |
| we | would have admired |
| you | would have admired |
| they | would have admired |
Imperative
| you | admire |
| we | Let's admire |
| you | admire |
Verbs conjugated like 'admire'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'admire'
adhære,
adhere,
adjure,
admier,
admin,
admit,
admix,
admove,
adore,
adure,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- like
- appreciate, cherish, delight
Antonyms
- to regard with contempt or scorn
- appreciate, cherish, esteem, respect, revere, despise, treasure, value
- like
- unlike, different, dissimilar, divergent
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English admyren, borrowed from Middle French admirer, from Latin admīror, from ad + mīror (“wonder at”). See: Latin '
admīror'.
Verbs referencing "admire"
Valencian
admirar, Ido admirar, Spanish
admirar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] sea-sickness, who had shaved his beard and brushed his hair, last, at Liverpool: and whose only article of dress (linen not included ) were a pair of dreadnought trousers; a blue jacket, formerly admired upon the Thames at Richmond; no stockings; and one slipper.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ La sakes, now, does it ? ” said Uncle Tom, looking with a respectful, admiring air, as his young teacher flourishingly scrawled _q_'s and _g_'s innumerable for his edification; and then, taking the pencil in his big, heavy fingers, he patiently recommenced.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] in religious things by his mother, finding himself an object of general admiration, threw in expositions of his own, from time to time, with a commendable seriousness and gravity, for which he was admired by the young and blessed by the old; and it was agreed, on all hands, that “ a minister couldn't lay it off better than he did; that ’ t was reely ’ mazin ’ ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of those twin goddesses, in all their discussions, as to exalt at once the Eternal Principles to which their names are given, and their own character and the character of their countrymen, in the admiring eyes of the whole world ?
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It is impossible for me to say what terrific meaning was hidden in the words of this brown forester, but I know that the other passengers looked on in a sort of admiring horror, and that presently the boat was put back to the wharf, and as many of the Pioneers as could be coaxed or bullied into going away, were got rid of.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] prints of Washington, and President Madison, and of a white-faced young lady (much speckled by the flies ), who held up her gold neck-chain for the admiration of the spectator, and informed all admiring comers that she was ‘Just Seventeen: ’ although I should have thought her older. In the best room were two oil portraits of the kit-cat size, representing the landlord and his infant son; both [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and Topsy invariably made a terrible commotion, screaming, groaning and imploring, though half an hour afterwards, when roosted on some projection of the balcony, and surrounded by a flock of admiring “ young uns, ” she would express the utmost contempt of the whole affair.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] are these instances confined to the State of Ohio. In all states of the Union we see men, but yesterday burst from the shackles of slavery, who, by a self-educating force, which cannot be too much admired, have risen to highly respectable stations in society. Pennington, among clergymen, Douglas and Ward, among editors, are well known instances.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)