| slovo | definícia |
mired
(encz) | mired,ponořený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
mired
(encz) | mired,zablácený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Mired
(gcide) | Mire \Mire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mired (m[imac]rd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Miring.]
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1. To cause or permit to stick fast in mire; to plunge or fix
in mud; as, to mire a horse or wagon.
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2. Hence: To stick or entangle; to involve in difficulties;
-- often used in the passive or predicate form; as, we got
mired in bureaucratic red tape and it took years longer
than planned.
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3. To soil with mud or foul matter.
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Smirched thus and mired with infamy. --Shak.
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mired
(wn) | mired
adj 1: entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the
difficulties in which the question is involved";
"brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"
[syn: involved, mired] |
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admired
(mass) | admired
- obdivovaný |
admired
(encz) | admired,obdivovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
mired
(encz) | mired,ponořený adj: Zdeněk Brožmired,zablácený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Admired
(gcide) | Admired \Ad*mired"\, a.
1. Regarded with wonder and delight; highly prized; as, an
admired poem.
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2. Wonderful; also, admirable. [Obs.] "Admired disorder." "
Admired Miranda." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Admire \Ad*mire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Admired; p. pr. & vb.
n. Admiring.] [F. admirer, fr. L. admirari; ad + mirari to
wonder, for smirari, akin to Gr. ? to smile, Skr. smi, and E.
smile.]
1. To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with
surprise; to marvel at. [Archaic]
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Examples rather to be admired than imitated.
--Fuller.
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2. To regard with wonder and delight; to look upon with an
elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out
approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or
prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth,
to admire a landscape.
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Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. --Pope.
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Note: Admire followed by the infinitive is obsolete or
colloquial; as, I admire to see a man consistent in his
conduct.
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Syn: To esteem; approve; delight in.
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admired esteemed
(gcide) | loved \loved\ adj.
1. p. p. of love, v. t.. Opposite of unloved. [Narrower
terms: admired, esteemed] Also See: wanted.
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Bemired
(gcide) | Bemire \Be*mire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bemired; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bemiring.]
To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil
by passing through mud or dirt.
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Bemired and benighted in the dog. --Burke.
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Unadmired
(gcide) | Unadmired \Unadmired\
See admired. |
admired
(wn) | admired
adj 1: regarded with admiration |
mired
(wn) | mired
adj 1: entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the
difficulties in which the question is involved";
"brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"
[syn: involved, mired] |
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