marvelous
215
1.8
- adjective
- /ˈmɑrvələs/
- US
- The performance was simply marvelous, leaving the audience in awe.
- marvelous things
- a marvelous opportunity
- marvelous and fantastic
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- And today I'm joined by the marvelous Griffin Maxwell Brooks.
- And he's been on other podcasts as well, wrote a marvelous book on trauma.
- So that's just something that really is marvellous, that I'm always in awe.
- But is it marvelous or is it marketing?
- The one that really is marvellous is this attachment.
- And it is going to be marvelous, right?
- That youthful feeling where the world seems marvelous, it seems exciting.
- The cheese slice is marvelous, I give it.
- I mean, the engine note is just marvelous.
- I've had a couple in the last year that have been marvellous for me.
Examples
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Nobody seems to mention what a marvelous companion he was.
Academic text (2011) -
This is truly a marvelous, wonderful, engaging book.
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And it is marvelous in our eyes.
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And then it has a marvelous Fine Arts and creative writing program.
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Some people have marvelous lives without them!
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Only then could they all come here to this marvelous, magical land and live happily ever after.
Fiction book (1992) -
That youthful feeling where the world seems marvelous, it seems exciting.
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I have never in my life seen such marvelous Nordic figures.
Academic text (1994) -
Advertisements are a marvelous source of information for goods, fashions, and costs.
Academic text (2008) -
You look marvelous.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very good and likely to make you feel happy or amazed
∞
1.0
Causing great surprise and admiration
∞
2.1
Very impressive and causing a strong feeling of wonder
∞
1.0
Very good and better than most similar things
891
1.9
Very good and impressive, making you feel pleased
671
3.0
Very large or impressive
650
3.3
Very strong and often causing great damage
591
2.8
Unusual and easy to notice because it is different or surprising
569
3.0
Impressive and large in appearance or style
517
2.7
Very good and impressive
288
3.9
Very impressive and beautiful in appearance or style
271
3.6
Very beautiful and impressive in a way that makes people admire it
211
3.2
Very impressive and grand in appearance or style
183
3.7
Very beautiful and impressive to look at
169
2.0
Something very pleasant that makes you happy
136
5.4
Very impressive and much better than normal
135
3.4
Very surprising and making you feel great wonder
116
3.5
Very impressive and beautiful
94
4.3
Very surprising and lucky in a way people cannot explain
54
5.8
Very impressive and causing strong surprise
20
6.7
Very large or impressive in a way that amazes people
4
9.9
Very beautiful and impressive, like at a big party
3
2.8
Very impressive and exciting
1
5.5
Very impressive and much better than you expect
1
7.5
Very beautiful and impressive to look at
1
9.9
Very good and impressive in a way that causes wonder
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word marvelous comes from the old word marvel, from Old French merveille, which meant 'a wonder' or 'something amazing'. So to call something marvelous is to say it fills you with wonder—it's wonderful, surprising, or causes great admiration.