admires

VERB

hold in high regard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adore applaud appreciate cherish commend credit extol hail honor idolize laud marvel at praise prize respect revere treasure worship

STRONG

approve esteem eulogize glorify value venerate

WEAK

be crazy about be crazy for be crazy over be mad about be nuts about be stuck on be sweet on be wild about delight in fall for get high on go for groove on hold in respect look up to moon over pay homage to rate highly take pleasure in think highly of wonder at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

blame censure condemn criticize denounce despise dishonor dislike disparage disrespect hate not care reproach

STRONG

mock

WEAK

abhor detest execrate scorn

Example Sentences

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Admires how smooth and unruffled they look, but beneath the water, they're paddling furiously.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

There, with a mother's harmless pride, Admires them sport the waves among: Now lay their ivory limbs along The buoyant bosom of the tide.

From Poems by MacCarthy, Denis Florence

Admires you, because you've done about what he had at your age, and it was easier then.

From The Guarded Heights by Camp, Wadsworth

One Love, reclin'd beside a glassy stream, Admires the nature of the illusive gleam, The liquid likeness of his wavering face, And tremulous deceit of imag'd grace.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Admires thee Nature with much pride; She clasps thee for a gift of morn, Till thou art set against the tide, And then beware her scorn.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George