marvelous

marvelous
Synonyms and related words:
agreeable, amazing, appalling, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing, beguiling, bewildering, confounding, conspicuous, cool, dandy, divine, dreamy, egregious, enigmatic, enjoyable, exceptional, exquisite, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fascinating, formidable, gilt-edged, glorious, golden, groovy, heavenly, hot, hunky-dory, immense, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, indescribable, ineffable, keen, legendary, magnificent, marked, miraculous, mythical, neat, nifty, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, of mark, outlandish, outstanding, passing strange, peachy, phenomenal, pleasant, pleasurable, portentous, prodigious, puzzling, rare, remarkable, rewarding, ripping, satisfying, sensational, signal, spectacular, splendid, splendiferous, staggering, sterling, stinking, strange, striking, stunning, stupefying, stupendous, super, superb, supereminent, superexcellent, superfine, superior, supernatural, surprising, swell, terrific, tremendous, uncommon, unexampled, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, unspeakable, wonderful, wondrous

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  • Marvelous — Mar vel*ous, a. [OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F. Merveilleux. See {Marvel}, n.] [Written also {marvellous}.] 1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. [1913 Webster] This is the Lord s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Ps.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • marvelous — c.1300, causing wonder, from O.Fr. merveillos marvelous, wonderful (Mod.Fr. merveilleux), from merveille (see MARVEL (Cf. marvel) (n.)). Weakened sense of splendid, very nice is from 1924. Related: Marvelously …   Etymology dictionary

  • marvelous — [adj1] hard to believe; amazing astonishing, astounding, awe inspiring, awesome, awful, bewildering, breathtaking, confounding, difficult to believe, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, implausible, improbable, incomprehensible, inconceivable,… …   New thesaurus

  • marvelous — index ineffable, meritorious, portentous (eliciting amazement), prodigious (amazing), remarkable, special, unusual …   Law dictionary

  • marvelous — [mär′və ləs] adj. [ME merveilous < OFr merveillos < merveille: see MARVEL] 1. causing wonder; surprising, astonishing, or extraordinary 2. so extraordinary as to be improbable, incredible, or miraculous 3. very good; fine; splendid: Also… …   English World dictionary

  • marvelous — 01. The house was decorated for Christmas with [marvelous] handmade ornaments. 02. Beckman scored the goal with a [marvelous] shot just over the head of the goalkeeper. 03. For our wedding anniversary, we had a [marvelous] evening of dinner and… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • marvelous — adj. 1) marvelous to + inf. (it s marvelous to have a day off = it s marvelous having a day off) 2) marvelous that + clause (it s marvelous that we could see each other again) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • marvelous — mar|vel|ous adjective * 1. ) extremely enjoyable or exciting: It s been a marvelous day. a marvelous performance/trip/party 2. ) extremely good: We were served spaghetti with a marvelous pesto. 3. ) extremely impressive or with many good… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • marvelous — or marvellous adjective Date: 14th century 1. causing wonder ; astonishing 2. miraculous, supernatural < Gothic tales of marvelous and bizarre happenings > 3. of the highest kind or quality ; notably superior < has a marvelous way with children …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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