Your motive was admirable, but your action was not.
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Admirable
//ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl//
Synonyms for "admirable" (77 found)
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6 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- περίβλεπτος adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Arabic
1 entries- جَدِير بِالْإِعْجَاب adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Bulgarian
1 entries- възхитителен adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Catalan
1 entries- admirable adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 令人欽佩的 /令人钦佩的 adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- 令人讚美的 /令人赞美的 adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- 令人赞美的 adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Cornish
1 entries- meurgeryek adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Czech
1 entries- obdivuhodný adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Danish
2 entries- beundringsværdig adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- imponerende adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Dutch
1 entries- bewonderenswaardig adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Esperanto
1 entries- admirinda adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Faroese
4 entries- frálíkur adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- undranarverdur adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- virðingarverdur adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- óførur adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Finnish
2 entries- ihailtava adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- vaikuttava adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
French
1 entries- admirable adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Galician
2 entries- admirable adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- admirábel adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
German
1 entries- bewundernswert adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Greek
2 entries- αγαστός adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- αξιοθαύμαστος adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Hindi
2 entries- प्रशंसनीय adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- सराहनीय adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Icelandic
2 entries- aðdáanlegur adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- aðdáunarverður adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Japanese
3 entries- 感心な adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- 立派 adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- 見事な adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Korean
3 entries- 감탄할 만한 adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- 기특한 adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- 칭찬할 만한 adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Latin
2 entries- admīrābilis adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- spectābilis adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Malayalam
2 entries- ആരാധ്യ adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- പ്രശംസനീയ adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Māori
1 entries- kairangaitra adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- beundringsverdig adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- imponerende adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- beundringsverdig adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- imponerande adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Occitan
1 entries- admirable adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Polish
1 entries- godny podziwu adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Portuguese
1 entries- admirável adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Romanian
1 entries- admirabil adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Russian
1 entries- восхити́тельный adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Spanish
2 entries- admirable adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- loable adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Swedish
2 entries- beundransvärd adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
- imponerande adj (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Your essay is admirable in regard to style.
Source: tatoeba (17416)
His conduct was admirable.
Source: tatoeba (286808)
He made an admirable speech about protecting the environment.
Source: tatoeba (294929)
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