Marvel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that evokes surprise, admiration, or wonder. See Synonyms at wonder.
  • n. Strong surprise; astonishment.
  • verb-intransitive. To become filled with wonder or astonishment.
  • v. To feel amazement or bewilderment at or about: We marveled that they walked away unhurt from the car accident.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
  • n. Surprise, astonishment.
  • v. To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
  • v. To marvel at.
  • v. To cause to marvel or be surprised.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
  • n. Wonder.
  • verb-intransitive. To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder.
  • v. To marvel at.
  • v. To cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used impersonally.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That which causes wonder; an astonishing thing; a wonder; a prodigy.
  • n. Admiration; astonishment; wonder.
  • To wonder at; be struck with surprise at; be perplexed with curiosity about: with a clause for object.
  • To be filled with admiration, astonishment, or amazement; wonder.
  • To appear wonderful; seem or be a wonder.
  • Wonderful; marvelous.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be amazed at
  • v. express astonishment or surprise about something
  • n. something that causes feelings of wonder
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    respond    react    verbalise    give tongue to    express    verbalize    utter    occurrent    happening    occurrence   
    Variant
    marvelling    marvelled   
    Form
    marveled    marvelled    marveling    marvelling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prodigy    miracle    Wonder    wonder   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    arval    larval   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    miracle    feat    wonder    achievement    masterpiece    monument    perfection    prodigy    treasure    grandeur