0 to find someone or something attractive and pleasant to look at:
I admired him for his determination.
I really admire people who can work in such difficult conditions.
1 to respect and approve of someone or something:
I admire that music more than any other.
I admire her forthright way of dealing with people.
Susannah put down the paintbrush and stood back to admire her handiwork.
Members admired the power and simplicity of the construction, the unified arrangement of the design and its ability to command a wide visual field.
As we have seen, he now admired rather different artists to those he had back in 1832.
It is therefore unsurprising that the music press largely ignores teenybopper fans and the artists they admire, as the most obvious inhabitants of this mainstream.