Wonderful

Word WONDERFUL
Character 9
Hyphenation won der ful
Pronunciations /ˈwʌn.də.fl/

Definitions and meanings of "Wonderful"

What do we mean by wonderful?

Admirable or very good; excellent or splendid. adjective

Capable of eliciting wonder; astonishing. adjective

Of a nature or kind to excite wonder or admiration; strange; astonishing; surprising; marvelous.

Synonyms Wonderful, Strange, Surprising, Curious, Unique, extraordinary, marvelous, amazing, startling, wondrous (poetic). Wonderful generally refers to something above the common, and so marvelous, perhaps almost incredible. Strange refers rather to something beside the common—that is, simply very unusual or odd, and so exciting surprise or wonder. Anything that excites awe or high admiration, or strikes one as sublime, is wonderful; an unpleasant object may be strange, but would not be called wonderful. That which is unexpected is surprising, but it is not necessarily strange; as, a surprising fact; a surprising discovery in science. Curious is wonderful on a small scale; by its derivation it often refers to an object extremely nice and intricate or elaborate in itsdetails, but also it oft en conveys thenotion of pleasing strangeness and even of rarity: as, a curious bit of mosaic; a curious piece of mechanism; a curiously colored stone. Unique expresses that which is sole of its kind or quality: as, a unique book; a unique sort of person. See eccentric and surprise.

Wonderfully; exceedingly; very.

Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing. adjective

Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary. adjective

Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive. adjective

Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers adjective

Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.

Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Wonderful

The word "wonderful" in example sentences

To have you come over to the factory, and to have somebody say that Mrs. Sheridan is there, and to go to lunch -- Dearest, do you realize how wonderful and how -- well, how _wonderful_ it's going to be? ❋ Kathleen Thompson Norris (1923)

"Manti is a wonderful town -- a _wonderful_ town!" he declared. ❋ Charles Alden Seltzer (1908)

"A wonderful hard fix, a _wonderful_ hard fix, _under_ th 'ice, an' I were handy t 'stayin' under un," said Ed, taking evident delight in keeping his auditors in suspense. ❋ Dillon Wallace (1901)

Whenever I think of God's wonderful, _wonderful_ goodness to me and of my own sinfulness, I want to find a place low at the foot of the cross where I may cover my face in the dust, and yet go on praising Him. ❋ George L. Prentiss (1859)

In that list are wonderful, * wonderful* films that say so much about the British sensibility, and which have won many awards. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"And it is going to be wonderful -- just _wonderful_ -- before long. ❋ Margaret Penrose (N/A)

And much, much more importantly, I have been blessed with wonderful children, and with a wife for whom even the word wonderful is somehow insufficient. ❋ Lord Michael Levy (2008)

During the approximate three-hour running time of the Metropolitan Opera's Shakespeare/Baroque pastiche "The Enchanted Island," the character of Miranda utters the word "wonderful" 16 times. ❋ Unknown (2011)

You will love him no matter what, and he can choose his own dreams and that's what we call a wonderful life. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Finally on his last evening there, he was taken out for a banquet-style meal and gorged himself on what he described as wonderful food. ❋ Kate (2007)

True; but what is this study which you describe as wonderful and fitting for youth to learn, but of which we are ignorant? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Yet these abject people have been infinitely raised since that period by missionaries, and Darwin, hearing of this success, which he termed wonderful, sent a donation to the South American Missionary Society. ❋ Unknown (1870)

In the faith of that prediction Bill had lived; and it was a curious illustration of the sympathetic force inherent in a firm belief, that both passengers and seamen, even those who affected to laugh at the rest of what they called his wonderful yarns, entertained a secret conviction in favour of that tale, and felt secure of gold-gathering in Bill's company. ❋ Various (1841)

Shafer, a practicing anesthesiologist who teaches at Columbia University Medical School in New York, said he was testifying for the prosecution without a fee because he wants to restore public confidence in doctors who use propofol, which he called a wonderful drug when properly administered. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Shafer said he was testifying for the prosecution without a fee because he wants to restore public confidence in doctors who use propofol, which he called a wonderful drug when properly administered. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Based in London, Small immersed himself in the avant-garde cultural scene, before returning to teaching at what he called a "wonderful" school in Wembley, north-west London. ❋ Dave Laing (2011)

He also criticizes what he describes as the wonderful "exemptions" that make institutions like the Catholic Church "so incredibly wealthy." ❋ Unknown (2010)

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