admirable

[US]/ˈædmərəbl/
[UK]/ˈædmərəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. deserving respect or approval; excellent, outstanding.

Phrases & Collocations

an admirable achievement

highly admirable qualities

displaying admirable courage

Example Sentences

an admirable messianic zeal.

She showed admirable self-control.

The soldiers showed admirable bravery.

She had acted in ways that he found wholly admirable.

he has one admirable quality—he is totally honest.

I had my admirable interpreter of the previous year Major Birse.

on reverting our eyes, every step presented some new and admirable scene.

It is an excellent thing for ruffianism and an admirable thing for the police to be on such intimate juggling terms with the night.

The person who can perfectly manage a stubborn Dachshund or a saphead Chow-Chow is as admirable as the person who can perfectly manage a Central Asian or a Caucasian.

that this bold metaphor is admirable, and the natural history of the stage has no occasion on a day of allegory and royal epithalamium to take exception at a dolphin who is son to a lion.

The first chapter, which tells of their early married life before the coming of their second son, Paul, is an admirable account of a mismated couple.

His plans are admirable ambitious: he wants to master French, German and Spanish before he is twenty.

there was the rich square bell tower of Saint-Jacques de la Boucherie, with its angles all frothing with carvings, already admirable, although it was not finished in the fifteenth century.

Real-world Examples

Well, that's very admirable. But be careful.

Source: Past English CET-4 Listening Test Questions (with translations)

Getting children started at a young age is admirable.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

You know what? I think that's very admirable.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 7

Stoicism is an admirable response to what fate deals you.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

Many jurors will find that admirable and brave.

Source: Out of Control Season 3

It was a defiant and admirable attitude.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

Such resolve to protect revenues is admirable.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

So seeing someone who is can be admirable.

Source: Psychology Mini Class

The boy's heroic behavior is admirable.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

Admirable, how you've lasted this long.

Source: Person of Interest Season 5

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