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ESTEEM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An attitude of admiration or esteem

Example:

she lost all respect for him

Synonyms:

esteem; regard; respect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("esteem" is a kind of...):

attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "esteem"):

estimate; estimation (the respect with which a person is held)

Derivation:

esteem (regard highly; think much of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A feeling of delighted approval and liking

Synonyms:

admiration; esteem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("esteem" is a kind of...):

liking (a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "esteem"):

Anglophilia (admiration for Britain and British customs)

hero worship (admiration for great men (or their memory))

philhellenism (admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs)

philogyny (admiration for women)

Derivation:

esteem (regard highly; think much of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)

Example:

a man who has earned high regard

Synonyms:

esteem; regard; respect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("esteem" is a kind of...):

honor; honour; laurels (the state of being honored)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "esteem"):

stature (high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement)

Antonym:

disesteem (the state in which esteem has been lost)

Derivation:

esteem (regard highly; think much of)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Look on as or consider

Example:

He is reputed to be intelligent

Synonyms:

be known as; esteem; know as; look on; look upon; regard as; repute; take to be; think of

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "esteem" is one way to...):

believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Regard highly; think much of

Example:

We prize his creativity

Synonyms:

esteem; prise; prize; respect; value

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "esteem" is one way to...):

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "esteem"):

think the world of (esteem very highly)

fear; revere; reverence; venerate (regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of)

admire; look up to (feel admiration for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot esteem Sue

Antonym:

disesteem (have little or no respect for; hold in contempt)

Derivation:

esteem (an attitude of admiration or esteem)

esteem (a feeling of delighted approval and liking)

esteem (the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded))

Credits

 Context examples: 

I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow creatures were high and unsullied descent united with riches.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

This was a man from whom much honor might be gained, and I have seldom met any one for whom I have conceived so much love and esteem.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Prisoners and captors hiccoughed on one another’s shoulders, and swore mighty oaths of respect and esteem.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

You could have considerations about money that are keeping you in the situation, but no amount of money is worth seeing your self-esteem continually hammered into the ground.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

She valued his esteem, she coveted his respect, she wanted to be worthy of his friendship, and just when the wish was sincerest, she came near to losing everything.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It happened that the cat met the fox in a forest, and as she thought to herself: “He is clever and full of experience, and much esteemed in the world,” she spoke to him in a friendly way.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

During periods of depressed mood, at least 2 of the following additional symptoms are present: poor appetite or overeating, insomnia or hypersomnia, low energy or fatigue, low self esteem, poor concentration or difficulty making decisions, and feelings of hopelessness.

(Dysthymic Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

I will not say all that I could of the family you are with, because I would not be ungenerous, or set you against those you esteem; but it is very difficult to know whom to trust, and young men never know their minds two days together.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

There were several books on a shelf; one lay beside the tea things open, and Utterson was amazed to find it a copy of a pious work, for which Jekyll had several times expressed a great esteem, annotated, in his own hand with startling blasphemies.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I should have had no confidence, no esteem.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)