wonderful
[wuhn-der-fuh l]
- 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.
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Origin of wonderful
Synonyms
See more synonyms for wonderful on Thesaurus.com1. awesome, wondrous, miraculous, prodigious, astonishing, amazing, astounding, phenomenal, unique, curious, strange.
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That was the intolerable thing—his wonderfulness, his damned wonderfulness.
Erik DornBen Hecht
No words can describe your wonderfulness, so I send you my heart instead.
Bird of ParadiseAda Leverson
But it was Audrey who most deeply had the sense of the wonderfulness of the thing.
The Lion's ShareE. Arnold Bennett
The drive across the wonderfulness of the moor was a soothing thing.
The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson Burnett
Americans are a great people, but disagree with their wonderfulness.
The House of the Misty StarFannie Caldwell Macaulay
wonderful
- exciting a feeling of wonder; marvellous or strange
- extremely fine; excellent
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Word Origin and History for wonderfulness
wonderful
adj.
late Old English wunderfull (see wonder). Related: Wonderfully.
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