admiration > define

noun

• A feeling of delighted approval and liking.
  • synonyms: esteem
• The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising.
  • synonyms: wonder, wonderment
• A favorable judgment.
  • usage: "a small token in admiration of your works"
  • synonyms: appreciation

• (n.) Wonder; astonishment.
• (n.) Wonder mingled with approbation or delight; an emotion excited by a person or thing possessed of wonderful or high excellence; as, admiration of a beautiful woman, of a landscape, of virtue.
• (n.) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder or pleased surprise; a prodigy.