esteem
Usage
What are other ways to say esteem?
To esteem is to feel respect combined with a warm, kindly feeling. To appreciate is to exercise wise judgment, delicate perception, and keen insight in realizing the worth of something. To value is to attach importance to a thing because of its worth (material or otherwise). To prize is to value highly and cherish.
Example Sentences
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Singer Self Esteem, real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor, did a run of shows in London for her most recent album.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
Esteem for “The Babadook” has only grown — not in spite of its “crazy” name but perhaps because of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024
The titles are self-explanatory - Low Self Esteem, People Pleaser, Some Things Don’t Last Forever - reflecting the chatty openness of her lyrics.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024
They will take over the roles from popstars Jake Shears and Rebecca Lucy - better known as Self Esteem - who have been performing since September 2023.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024
The late King, out of his Esteem for the Qualities of this Prelate, made him Bishop of Cracow, Great Chancellor of Poland, and honour'd him with his Order of the White Eagle.
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