noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , genuine , great , sincere , tremendous
▪ frank , open
▪ sneaking ( BrE )
▪
Inwardly, I had a sneaking ~ for them.
▪ grudging , reluctant
▪ mutual
VERB + ADMIRATION
▪ be filled with , be full of , feel , have
▪
I'm full of ~ for him.
▪
I have the greatest ~ for the nurses.
▪ express , show
▪
She wrote to him expressing her ~.
▪ compel , draw , fill sb with , gain , win
▪
a dignity that compels ~
▪
The way he dealt with the crisis filled me with ~.
▪
He gained the ~ of thousands of people.
▪ be worthy of
▪
As a writer she is certainly worthy of ~.
▪ lose
▪
He never lost the ~ of his students.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
She stared at him in open ~.
▪ with ~
▪
He gazed at her with ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
~ for his work
PHRASES
▪ a gasp of ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
The picture was greeted with gasps of ~.
▪ have nothing but ~ for sb/sth
▪
I have nothing but ~ for the way she tackled those bullies.