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Admiration

ADMIRATION:

  1. The smile of Spite.
  2. To secretly wish evil to one who has given us pleasure.
  3. A form of shamefaced flattery.
  4. To murder and go scot-free. E. g., "I admire him very much." "Ah, so that is the reason he has become thoughtful!" From Bean's Meditations of a Vegetarian.