wonderful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʌn.də.fl̩/
ipa: /ˈwʌn.dɚ.fl̩/
Forms: form: wonderfuller
form: wonderfuler
form: more wonderful
form: wonderfullest
form: wonderfulest
form: most wonderful
form: wonderfool
form: woonderful
form: wonderfull
form: wondreful
form: wondrefull
form: 1drfl
Etymology: From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder + -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”). Compare Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”).
Senses: examples: text: His delusion was not wonderful, but most natural.
text: It is not wonderful that Mrs Smith declined to visit the beer garden, in view of her militant temperance. [=It is no wonder that she declined.]
text: 'Ha!' cried Dangerfield, with a sort of gasp, and a violent smirk, the joyousness of which was, however, counteracted by a lurid scowl and a wonderful livid glare in his wild eyes; […]
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
text: The difference in the circumstances of the kingdom at the two dates might fairly account for the change of policy in regard to the Solway. In 1563 the two countries were held by distinct and hostile governments, and it was not wonderful that the debateable ground of the Solway should be exempted from restrictions which could not be enforced over its whole surface, and which, if enforced on the Scotch side only, would be certainly broken through by the English marauders. In 1685, however, both kingdoms were ruled over by one sovereign; a more amicable policy had, since the accession of James I., been adopted in legislation; and it might therefore be supposed that the exception in favour of the Solway had lapsed by implication, and that the fisheries of all parts of the kingdom were thenceforward to be governed by uniform statutory regulations.
ref: 1892, Charles Stewart, edited by John Campbell Shairp, A Treatise on the Law of Scotland Relating to Rights of Fishing: Comprising the Law Affecting Sea Fishing, Salmon Fishing, Trout Fishing, Oyster and Mussel Fishing, Etc. With an Appendix of Statutes and Bye-laws, 2nd edition, T. & T. Clark, pages 343-344:
text: He is massively corrupt. It is wonderful how the man's popularity survives.
ref: 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 278:
glosses: Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
examples: text: They served a wonderful six-course meal.
text: What appears to be wonderful may turn out to be anything but.
text: Though they obviously realized that these episodes were part of something wonderful and important and lasting, the writers and producers couldn’t have imagined that 20 years later “Treehouse Of Horror” wouldn’t just survive; it’d thrive as one of the most talked-about and watched episodes of every season of The Simpsons.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
Synonyms: sense: excellent, extremely impressive
word: great
sense: excellent, extremely impressive
word: amazing
sense: excellent, extremely impressive
word: astonishing
sense: excellent, extremely impressive
word: incredible
sense: excellent, extremely impressive
word: marvelous
sense: excellent, extremely impressive
word: fantastic
sense: excellent, extremely impressive
word: frabjous
sense: excellent, extremely impressive
word: mint
word: awesome
word: based
word: beat
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word: bewildering
word: enchanting
word: extraordinary
word: fabulous
word: fantabulosa
word: fantabulous
word: fascinating
word: finger-lickin' good
word: grandeur
word: grandiose
word: grand
word: impressive
word: inspiring
word: lovely jubbly
word: magnificent
word: majestic
word: major
word: mirandous
word: mystifying
word: phenomenal
word: selly
word: splendid
word: stupefying
word: stupendous
word: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
word: unbelievable
word: wild
word: luxurious
Derived terms: weird and wonderful
wonderful limit
wonderfully
wonderfulness
Related terms: word: no wonder
word: small wonder
word: little wonder
word: women are wonderful effect
word: wonder
word: wonderfully
word: wonderland
word: wonderment
word: wondrous
word: excellent
word: surprising