different between admiring vs admirative

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æd.?ma?.?.??/
• Rhymes: -a?????

Adjective

admiring (comparative more admiring, superlative most admiring)

1. Feeling or showing admiration.

Translations

Verb

admiring

1. present participle of admire

Noun

admiring (plural admirings)

1. admiration
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Passion of our Blessed Saviour (sermon)

     What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]

   • 1847, Matthew Henry, James Hamilton, Daily communion with God

     We must keep up a constant worship of God in our families, and in our closets; we must be frequent in holy adorings and admirings of God.

Anagrams

• graminid, migniard

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æd?ma?.??.t?v/, /?d?ma?.??.t?v/
• or: IPA^(key): /?æd.m???e?.t?v/, /?æd.m???e?.t?v/
• or: IPA^(key): /?æd.m?.??.t?v/

Etymology 1

Via French admiratif or directly from its etymon, Medieval Latin admirativus.

Adjective

admirative (comparative more admirative, superlative most admirative)

1. Characterized by admiration.

Related terms

• admiring
• admirable
• see list in admire

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

admirative (plural admiratives)

1. (An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).

References

French

Adjective

admirative

1. feminine singular of admiratif