- admiration, esteem - a feeling of delighted approval and liking
--1 is a kind of liking
--1 has particulars: Anglophilia; hero worshipDerived form: verb admire1 - wonder, wonderment, admiration - the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
--2 is a kind of astonishment, amazement
--2 has particulars: awe - admiration, appreciation - a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works"
--3 is a kind of blessing, approval, approving
--3 has particulars:adoration, idolization, idolisation; idealization, idealisation, glorification