admiringadjective
uk/ədˈmaɪə.rɪŋ/us/ədˈmaɪr.ɪŋ/showing admiration:
Annette was getting lots of admiring looks/glances in her new red dress.
She was surrounded by a group of admiring photographers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Showing respect and admiration
- admiration
- admire
- awe
- awestruck
- cover yourself in/with glory idiom
- glory
- honorific
- honour
- idolatry
- idolize
- impress
- impression
- recognition
- regard
- salute
- sb deserves a medal idiom
- sit
- sit at the feet of sb idiom
- stan
- think the sun shines out (of) sb's arse/backside idiom
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admiringly
adverb uk/ədˈmaɪə.rɪŋ.li/us/ədˈmaɪr.ɪŋ.li/
The women sitting opposite us were gazing admiringly (= with admiration) at baby Joe.