单词 | admiring |
释义 | admiringn. The action of admire v. (in various senses). Also (frequently in plural): a feeling or expression of admiration. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [noun] marvelc1330 admiration1481 wondera1586 admire1591 admiring1594 admirance1596 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido sig. D 2v She likewise in admyring spends her time, And cannot talke nor thinke of ought but him. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 527 That other faculty..often causeth sport and breedeth admyring. 1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs iii. xii. 17 in Purple Island Though reward exceedeth thy aspiring, Live in her love, and die in her admiring. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 76 Some low and underly rovings at, or at least admirings of that height and depth of workmanship, that this curious world is wrought up to. 1735 A. Dutton Disc. Walking with God 98 And then what Admirings of Grace, doth the Soul break forth into! 1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor IV. xiv. 193 While I was in the midst of all these admirings, my attention was roused by a dialogue that passed between two of my senior fellow-pupils. 1840 Monthly Rev. Oct. 282 Some people..have their mouths constantly full of the praise and admirings of certain ministers. 1897 A. J. Dawson God's Foundling ix. 73 That was part of his new life—the discovering and admiring of fresh beauty, of colour hitherto unseen. 1921 W. Ewart Way of Revelation (1922) vi. 69 There was little at Arden of that polite yet rather futile hanging around, that admiring of pictures which are not admired. 2002 R. M. Smuts in A. F. Kinney Compan. Renaissance Drama xx. 282 The admiring of richly dressed playgoers went on throughout performances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). admiringadj. 1. a. Of a person or group: that admires someone or something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [adjective] wonderfulc1380 admirative1582 admiring1592 wondering1592 admirant1853 1592 R. Johnson Nine Worthies sig. Dv Whilest Fame with her admiring Muse was busied in posing the rest, this meritorious man did please himselfe with this Poem. 1609 Benet of Canfield Rule of Perfection (new ed.) ii. vi. 158 Admiration..must of necessitie lift vp the admiring sowlle. 1678 Quack's Acad. in Harl. Misc. (1809) II. 33 The admiring patient shall certainly cry you up for a great schollard, provided always your nonsense be fluent. 1701 S. Wesley Hist. New Test. vii. 14 On the Rivage of fair Jordan's Flood, Encompass'd with admiring Crowds he stood. 1784 J. Trumbull in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) IV. 68 The scoff of an admiring world. 1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 238 Admiring crowds assembled without. 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times ii. 313 The voice of admiring friends was tumultuously raised to predict splendid things for him. 1937 Life 13 Sept. 48/3 (caption) Antiquarian Riggs shows an African dart to some of his admiring neighbors. 1988 ‘J. Norst’ Colors ii. 24 Danny..listened to a blitzed Joey Norton regale three admiring young girls with almost everything he'd ever done. 2002 A. Pearson I don't know how she does It (2003) xxx. 260 The domestic goddess entertaining her admiring parents-in-law in her lovely stylish home. b. Characterized by or expressive of admiration. ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lix. sig. E The wits of former daies, To subiects worse haue giuen admiring praise. View more context for this quotation 1626 S. D'Ewes in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) III. 217 The presence of soe deare a king drew admiring silence. a1721 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 107 Often she cast a kind admiring glance On the bold struggler for delight. 1798 Monthly Mag. Aug. 105/2 We could not refrain from casting an admiring look towards the glowing west. 1840 E. Pickering Who shall be Heir? II. ii. 72 Michael and Rosalind gazed upon him with admiring wonder. 1884 J. Payne 1001 Nights IX. 333 The great city on the Tigris is the theme of many an admiring ode. 1937 C. W. Ferguson Fifty Million Brothers vii. 96 What is this thing that has..drawn the admiring gaze alike of dictators and hairy-chested novelists? 1996 Independent on Sunday 19 May (Review Suppl.) 5/2 She made an admiring comment. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] wonderlyc893 wonderfula1100 wondera1175 wondersa1300 marvellousc1330 marvela1400 marvelly?a1400 mirablec1429 admirablec1450 marvellablec1450 mirific1490 wondrous1509 extonious1548 portentious1549 miraculous1569 geason1572 mirificalc1572 astounding1590 amazing1593 wonderedc1595 admiring1598 prodigious1600 astonishable1603 fabulous1609 wondered-at?1611 necromantic1627 stupendous1640 nigromantic1645 mirandous1652 surprising1665 mirabundous1694 astonishinga1704 wondersome1774 sublime1813 nasty1834 kill-me-quite1842 breathtaking1843 breath-catching1865 miracle-working1867 mouth opening1867 stupefying1870 gee whiz1889 scorching1890 doozy1903 sensational1909 eye-popping1918 wunnerful1924 crashing1931 staggering1934 eyewatering1950 mind-boggling1955 Ozymandian1961 knock-out1966 mind-blowing1966 motherfucking1973 boggling1975 gobsmacking1981 tubular1982 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [adjective] > causing admiration admiring1598 awesome1916 1598 L. A. tr. G. Fernandez Honour of Chiualrie xviii. 108 Whosoeuer shal heare..the admyring wonders of this knight, may hardly beleeue them. 1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xxii. 238 Dolphins here are in their naturall forme of swimming, wherein they vse to marshall their great troopes in admiring order. 1823 Times 1 Oct. 2/7 It remained for them to exhibit to the world the admiring spectacle of commerce growing with general peace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1594adj.1592 |
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