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admiring

American  
[ad-mahyuhr-ing] / ædˈmaɪər ɪŋ /

adjective

  1. displaying or feeling admiration.

    admiring looks.


Other Word Forms

  • admiringly adverb
  • half-admiring adjective
  • half-admiringly adverb
  • self-admiring adjective
  • unadmiring adjective
  • unadmiringly adverb

Etymology

Origin of admiring

First recorded in 1620–30; admire + -ing 2

Example Sentences

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“Every single song she’s released captures specific emotions,” Sheeran says admiringly of Moroney, adding that he and his family have kept her first two albums on repeat in their house.

From Los Angeles Times

I was still standing there admiring my work when, from the corner of my eye, I thought I saw a movement in the branches of a sycamore tree.

From Literature

Sometimes they’d watch me spin with a kind of awe, and I almost thought they were admiring me, but their eyes were only on the gold.

From Literature

When Aston Martin's new Formula 1 car first appeared in testing at the end of January, it drew admiring glances up and down the pit lane.

From BBC

Yet Hall went close to a second equaliser after the interval, curling narrowly wide with an audacious effort that drew an admiring thumbs-up from Donnarumma.

From Barron's