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I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
Elia Kazan

Meaning of "admiring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ADMIRING

admiring  [ədˈmaɪərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADMIRING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Admiring is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ADMIRING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of admiring in the English dictionary

The definition of admiring in the dictionary is that shows, expresses or feels admiration.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADMIRING


aspiring
əˈspaɪərɪŋ
biscuit-firing
ˈbɪskɪtˌfaɪərɪŋ
conspiring
kənˈspaɪərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
firing
ˈfaɪərɪŋ
hearing
ˈhɪərɪŋ
inquiring
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋ
inspiring
ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ
perspiring
pəˈspaɪərɪŋ
quick-firing
ˈkwɪkˌfaɪərɪŋ
retiring
rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ
rewiring
ˌriːˈwaɪərɪŋ
tiring
ˈtaɪərɪŋ
unadmiring
ˌʌnədˈmaɪərɪŋ
unaspiring
ˌʌnəˈspaɪərɪŋ
undesiring
ˌʌndɪˈzaɪərɪŋ
unenquiring
ˌʌnɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋ
uninquiring
ˌʌnɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋ
uninspiring
ˌʌnɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ
wiring
ˈwaɪərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADMIRING

admirableness
admirably
admiral
admiral of the fleet
admiralship
admiralties
admiralty
Admiralty Board
admiralty court
Admiralty House
Admiralty Islands
Admiralty mile
Admiralty Range
admirance
admiration
admirative
admiraunce
admire
admirer
admiringly

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADMIRING

airing
awe-inspiring
base pairing
bring
catering
considering
despairing
during
electric wiring
fairing
hiring
manufacturing
monitoring
offering
pairing
photo-sharing
prehiring
shoe repairing
undespairing
untiring

Synonyms and antonyms of admiring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ADMIRING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «admiring» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of admiring

Translation of «admiring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADMIRING

Find out the translation of admiring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of admiring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «admiring» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

欣赏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

admirando
570 millions of speakers

English

admiring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निहार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإعجاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

любуясь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

admirando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপাসক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

admirant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengagumi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bewundernd
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

称賛
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감탄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Admiring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngưỡng mộ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வியந்து பாராட்டினார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कौतुकाच्या नजरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hayran
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ammirativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podziwiając
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

милуючись
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

admirând
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θαυμάζοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bewonder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beundrande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beundrer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of admiring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADMIRING»

The term «admiring» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.719 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADMIRING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about admiring

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10 QUOTES WITH «ADMIRING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word admiring.
1
Kelley Armstrong
It wasn't until I was in my teens that I started admiring writers as inspirations for my own work, and my earliest influences there were Stephen King, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Richard Adams.
2
Walter Bagehot
A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.
3
Walter Bagehot
The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.
4
Daniel Boulud
I think there are a lot of chefs in D.C. who have made D.C. what it is today. I am very respectful to them. I'm very admiring of what they've done.
5
Stanley Donen
What I got, unconsciously, from admiring Fred Astaire was that he didn't want what he was doing to look difficult. What was difficult, in my opinion, was making it look so genuine, so effortless. I equally have tried to remain unseen on the screen.
6
Katherine Dunham
I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.
7
Susan Egan
You can admire people for sure, and they're worth admiring, but you need to find that special thing about yourself. It takes working hard, getting the technique, and learning to sing and all that stuff, but the master class is about bringing yourself to the role.
8
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
I am admiring of my fellow peers, black filmmakers and black actors and actresses.
9
Victor Hugo
The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
10
Elia Kazan
I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADMIRING»

Discover the use of admiring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to admiring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Admiring silence
Roman om de konflikter og identitetskriser, som rammer indvandrere.
Abdulrazak Gurnah, 1996
2
Admiring the Goose-steps: How Hitler Succeeded in ...
The book illustrates how the historical, political, economic, and ideological factors at the time, coupled with Hitler's own personal appeal, allowed him to create a deadly war machine while the rest of the world stood idle.
Ion Grumeza, 2008
3
The Ethical Foundations of Economics
Since type 1 envy is a form of admiration and emulation — one person admires the ability of another person to pursue the fundamental values — let us refer to it as admiring envy. Although envy usually occurs in individuals in mixed form, i.e.,  ...
John J. Piderit, 1993
4
New Science, New World
Admiring. Miranda. and. Enslaving. Nature. It matters to know how sex and nature become natural-technical objects of knowledge, as much as it matters to explain their doubles, gender and culture. It is not the case that no story could be told ...
Denise Albanese, 1996
5
A Seat on the Shore: Quietly Admiring the Maine Coast
In many of the beautiful photographs in this book, there are one or more artfully placed chairs: vantage points where one can “take a seat” and be transported beyond the everyday world.
6
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement
all began with such good intentions. American culture encourages self- admiration with the belief that it will improve our lives. Admiring yourself feels good and makes you happy. If you believe in yourself, you are more likely to keep trying even ...
Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell, 2009
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Beyond Turk and Hindu: Rethinking Religious Identities in ...
4. Admiring. the. Works. of. the. Ancients. The Ellora Temples as Viewed by Indo- Muslim Authors Carl W. Ernst One of the recurrent problems in the interpretation of Indo-Muslim identity is the attempt to ascribe a consistently Muslim attitude ...
David Gilmartin, Bruce B. Lawrence, 2000
8
A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
1230.8 Cherries 30 Admiring. — Mantuans, the main of them, admiring still 122.2 Sord. 2.628 Admiring how his predecessors harped 145.55 Sord. 4.588 Not that, admiring stars, 501.10 Ben Ezra 10 (By this time the admiring neighbourhood ...
9
Immunity to Error Through Misidentification: New Essays
Then in a sense he is admiring himself, even if his admiration is based upon a false identification, of the man in the mirror with himself; in another sense, however, he is not admiring himself, but just the man in the mirror. However, he is  ...
Simon Prosser, François Recanati, 2012
10
Reasons for Belief
Call this the blocked ascent argument.25 Suppose you are offered a large prize for admiring Alex, the lazy and humorless sadist. On the view that there are no state-given reasons, there will be only an object-given reason to desire that you ...
Andrew Reisner, Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADMIRING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term admiring is used in the context of the following news items.
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Carlos Gomez left gum and a note in outfield for Billy Hamilton …
You could almost equate Gomez to being the J.R. Smith of baseball, as you love to hate him but can't help admiring his skill at times. On the ... «AOL News, Jul 15»
2
Welcome to Europe Week
... Spanish Steps) and picked out my favorite cafe, juice bar, pizza place, pasta place, etc. while admiring the passion and style of the people. «The MMQB, Jul 15»
3
'Tough Love' review: PBS documentary profiles parents who want …
The people we end up admiring most here are the ones who have to weigh all this and come to a decision that won't put anyone in harm's way. «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Police Dept. car show benefits Special Olympics
A fellow dream-catcher stood across the lot Sunday, admiring one of nearly 110 cars at the event. That would be Brett Glaser, a Special ... «Bristol Press, Jul 15»
5
'Diego & Frida' ranks with DIA's top draws
At least 37 news outlets here and abroad covered the exhibition; including admiring stories in the New York Times, Washington Post, New York ... «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
6
WashPost Critic Adores Progressive Strains of 'Magic Mike …
Whether they're plucking their eyebrows, admiring one another's ample physiques or, as Tatum does at one point, discussing their inner drag ... «NewsBusters, Jul 15»
7
Steep rise in theft of ancient slabs from churchyards, paths and walls …
Home-owners admiring their new farmhouse-style kitchens, patios and courtyards might want to consider the source of the paving stones used ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
8
Why Beats, Apple and other companies are marketing wearable …
... phones exclusively for women — shows a model admiring herself in front of a mirror while holding one of the company's phones. It is never ... «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jul 15»
9
Sufism not a cure for Muslim world's problems
... few who would rather be truthful and thus confront frustration or even death than marvel in fake ecstasy that admiring Sufism might produce. «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
10
Elvaston Steam Rally draws thousands to see vintage cars, lorries …
Drawing admiring glances from many of the punters was Bill Marshall's VW camper van, which was being exhibited in the classic car section of ... «Derby Telegraph, Jul 15»

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