adjective. An admirable quality or action is one that deserves to be praised and admired.
What does it mean for someone to be admirable?
Someone who deserves your admiration can be described as admirable. ... If you admire someone for a good reason, that makes them admirable, or deserving of your respect and admiration. When you pronounce admirable, you stress the first syllable, ad, unlike admire, which has the emphasis on the last syllable, mire.
How do you use admirable?
Admirable sentence example
- He seems to have been an admirable teacher, with a great power of lucid exposition. ...
- "That's admirable !" ...
- She is a very admirable young woman and you always liked her, but now suddenly you have got some notion or other in your head.
