Did Wordsworth and Coleridge became more respected among their literary colleagues than they were when Lyrical Ballads first appeared?

No, Wordsworth and Coleridge were not particularly well-respected among their contemporaries. They were praised by a few influential figures, such as William Hazlitt and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, but the majority of critics were dismissive of their work. It was only in the 20th century that Wordsworth and Coleridge began to be widely regarded as major poets.