admired
uhd-MYRD/ədˈmaɪɹd/UKuhd-MY-uhd/ədˈmaɪəd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of admire.
Critics admired the novel for its quiet restraint.
She had always admired her grandmother's patience under pressure.
Note
One spelling does the work of both forms: she admired it, she had admired it, and in the passive it is widely admired. In older writing it can carry the obsolete sense of marveling or being amazed, so read it as wonder rather than esteem there. Rarer still is a US dialect use, sometimes followed by to, meaning keen to do something: he admired to go.
admired is a form of admire
admire, verb: To look upon someone or something with pleasure and a feeling of approval, esteem, love, or reverence. Full entry
- Spelling
- admire → admired: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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