wonderful
Americanadjective
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excellent; great; marvelous.
We all had a wonderful weekend.
- Synonyms:
- phenomenal, astounding, amazing, astonishing, prodigious, miraculous, wondrous, awesome, strange, curious, unique
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of a sort that causes or arouses wonder; amazing; astonishing.
The storm was wonderful to behold.
adjective
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exciting a feeling of wonder; marvellous or strange
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extremely fine; excellent
Other Word Forms
- unwonderful adjective
- wonderfully adverb
- wonderfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of wonderful
First recorded before 1100; wonder ( def. ) + -ful ( def. )
Example Sentences
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He picked up some brilliant positions against Crystal Palace, and also scored a wonderful goal in Sunderland's 2-1 win.
From BBC
"Feeling you are bringing other people joy is a wonderful thing."
From BBC
I felt the uniquely wonderful and familiar sensation of using my brain in a different way.
From Salon
"It sits above Roman waterfronts so that road effectively protects a whole massive swathe of wonderful archaeology - and that would be early Roman waterfronts, medieval buildings, everything," she says.
From BBC
Home manager Hannah Nurse said it had been "wonderful" to mark her great age.
From BBC
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