wonderful

[ wuhn-der-fuhl ]

/ ˈwʌn dər fəl /

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adjective

excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.

of a sort that causes or arouses wonder; amazing; astonishing: The storm was wonderful to behold.

OTHER WORDS FOR wonderful

1 awesome, wondrous, miraculous, prodigious, astonishing, amazing, astounding, phenomenal, unique, curious, strange.

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Origin of wonderful

before 1100; Middle English; Old English wundorful (see wonder, -ful); cognate with German wundervoll

OTHER WORDS FROM wonderful

won·der·ful·ly, adverbwon·der·ful·ness, nounun·won·der·ful, adjectiveun·won·der·ful·ly, adverb

Words nearby wonderful

wonder, wonderberry, wonder boy, wonder child, wonder drug, wonderful, wondering, wonderkid, wonderland, wonderment, wonder-stricken

How to use wonderful in a sentence

I love England so much and there are wonderful, wonderful people there.
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Taking a bath is a wonderful way to destress after a long day.
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It was so wonderful and somewhat of an education to see as many shows as we did.
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It is a wonderful thing to learn about, a terrible thing to learn from.
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They have a wonderful conversation, and both of them are excited to start a great partnership.
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You would drink it, then “take a little nap and after that you feel wonderful,” according to a press agent.
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And there are few songs more wonderful to hear her sing than “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
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The interval between possession and hell was short,” he says, “though I admit it was wonderful.
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He once remarked to me that “Henry Fonda turns in the same performance year after year and the critics always call it wonderful.”
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The only Lena I know of is Lena Horne, a wonderful performer, who is not involved in any flaps, and who is also dead.
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So it commands the other sciences in all the wonderful and hidden things of nature and art (pp. 510-511).
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Hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare thy wonderful works.
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The works of God are exceedingly glorious and wonderful: no man is able sufficiently to praise him.
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There are great and wonderful works: a variety of beasts, and of all living things, and the monstrous creatures of whales.
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Next morning Judy shouted that there was a rat in the nursery, and thus he forgot to tell her the wonderful news.
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British Dictionary definitions for wonderful

wonderful

/ (ˈwʌndəfʊl) /

adjective

exciting a feeling of wonder; marvellous or strange

extremely fine; excellent

Derived forms of wonderful

wonderfully, adverbwonderfulness, noun

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