esteem
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(noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" |
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Synonyms: regard, respect |
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Related Words: honor, honour, laurels, stature |
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Antonyms: disesteem |
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(verb) regard highly; think much of |
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Synonyms: prise, prize, respect, value |
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Related Words: admire, consider, fear, look up to, reckon, regard, revere, reverence, see, think the world of, venerate, view |
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Antonyms: disesteem |
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(noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" |
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Synonyms: regard, respect |
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Related Words: attitude, estimate, estimation, mental attitude |
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(noun) a feeling of delighted approval and liking |
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Synonyms: admiration |
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Related Words: Anglophilia, hero worship, liking |
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(verb) look on as or consider: "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician" |
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Synonyms: look on, look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, think of |
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Related Words: believe, conceive, consider, think |
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