esteem
Usage
What are other ways to say esteem?
To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). To prize is to value highly and cherish.
Example Sentences
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Singer Self Esteem, real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor, did a run of shows in London for her most recent album.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
"This album is going to get terrible reviews," Self Esteem predicted when I caught up with her last Christmas.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2025
Esteem for “The Babadook” has only grown — not in spite of its “crazy” name but perhaps because of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024
Self Esteem said she was "excited" to be moving into musical theatre.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023
He brought back with him the Applauses of their Majesties, and the Court of England, the Esteem of honest Men, and the Affection of the Citizens of London.
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