Admirable

[Ad·mi*ra*ble]

Someone who deserves your admiration can be described as admirable. Your friend who saves homeless kittens in his spare time? An admirable person.

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Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous.

Adjective S.
deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; "an estimable young professor"; "trains ran with admirable precision"; "his taste was impeccable, his health admirable"

Adjective S.
inspiring admiration or approval; "among her many admirable qualities are generosity and graciousness"


a.
Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous.

a.
Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things.


Admirable

Ad"mi*ra*ble , a. [L. admirabilis: cf. F. admirable.] 1. Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous. [Obs.]
In man there is nothing admirable but his ignorance and weakness.
2. Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things. "An admirable machine." "Admirable fortitude." Macaulay. Syn. -- Wonderful; marvelous; surprising; excellent; delightful; praiseworthy.

Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous.

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Usage Examples

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.

I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life.

That is who Barack Obama is - a person of admirable character - and that is who he has remained for me over these last four years. I have not agreed with his every decision, but never once have I seen him break his cool, lose his composure, or abandon his insightful perspective - even during the most serious and/or absurd national disasters.

I know that throughout their history, the people of the United States defended their freedom, their liberty, their justice, and their rights - if need be - with their lives. I think their courage is so admirable.

Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

I like all the families in the U.K. But what I like about the idea of the royal family is... they seem like they're well educated and there's something admirable about them. And the Queen... she reminds me of my grandma.

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Other Usage Examples

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization.

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.

The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people.

I count myself well educated, for the admirable woman at the head of the school which I attended from the age of four and a half till I was thirteen and a half, was a born teacher in advance of her own times.

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