admiring

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ

Adjective

admiring (comparative more admiring, superlative most admiring)

1. Feeling or showing admiration.

Derived terms

• admiringly
• 'mirin
• nonadmiring
• unadmiring

 

Translations

feeling or showing admiration

• Asturian: almirador
• Catalan: admirador
• Esperanto: admira
• Finnish: ihaileva (fi)
• French: admiratif (fr)
• Galician: admirador
• German: bewundernd (de)
• Portuguese: admirador (pt)
• Romanian: admirând
• Spanish: admirativo (es), de admiración, admirador (es)

Verb

admiring

1. present participle and gerund of admire

Noun

admiring (plural admirings)

1. admiration
   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Passion of our Blessed Saviour”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:

     What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]

   • 1847, Matthew Henry, James Hamilton, Daily communion with God:

     We must keep up a constant worship of God in our families, and in our closets; we must be frequent in holy adorings and admirings of God.

Anagrams

• graminid, migniard