Admiration and Spite

Opposite meaning words

Admiration noun - A feeling of great approval and liking.

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Spite is an antonym for admiration.

Nearby Words: admire, admirable, admired, admirer, admiring

Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

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Admiration is an antonym for spite in hateful feeling topic.

Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting

human	human admiration	human spite
equal	equal admiration	equal spite
complete	complete admiration	complete spite
genuine	genuine admiration	genuine spite
Other adjectives: superficial, actual, mere.

Humans Are Special: In spite of their flaws, Jesus makes it very clear he has an undying love and admiration for humanity thanks to its inclination towards doing good.

Source: Fan Fic / Angel of the Bat
In which he hands the MacGuffin to the hero and his friends, out of respect and admiration for their heroic resolve, in spite of his best efforts to crush their will to oppose him.

Source: Visual Novel / Sharin No Kuni

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