wonderful
Tending to excite wonderTending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
» Thank you for the wonderful meal.
Danke für das wunderbare Essen.
Спасибо за чудесную еду.
Дякую за чудову їжу.
Meaning
2 sensesTending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
His delusion was not wonderful, but most natural.
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.]
Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
They served a wonderful six-course meal.
What appears to be wonderful may turn out to be anything but.
wunderbar, wundervoll
замеча́тельныйzamečátelʹnyj, чуде́сныйčudésnyj, восхити́тельныйvosxitítelʹnyj
вражаючийvražajučyj, чудовийčudovyj
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
Examples
922 sentencesThank you for the wonderful meal.
Дякую за чудову їжу.
ruСпасибо за чудесную еду.
deDanke für das wunderbare Essen.
Thank you for the wonderful dinner.
Дякую тобі за чудовий обід.
ruБлагодарю вас за великолепный ужин.
deDanke für das fabelhafte Abendessen.
She gave me a wonderful present.
Вона зробила мені чудовий подарунок.
ruОна сделала мне чудесный подарок.
deSie gab mir ein wunderbares Geschenk.
Tom brought me a wonderful gift.
Том приніс мені чудовий подарунок.
ruТом принёс мне чудесный подарок.
The view from this room is wonderful.
Вид, що відкривається з цієї кімнати, чудовий.
ruВид из этой комнаты чудесный.
deDer Ausblick aus diesem Zimmer ist wundervoll.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from PFrom 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”).
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Forms
wonderfuller/wonderfuler/more wonderful, wonderfullest/wonderfulest/most wonderful| Comparative | wonderfuller / wonderfuler / more wonderful Lesson |
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| Superlative | wonderfullest / wonderfulest / most wonderful Lesson |
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Synonyms
189 synonyms- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers:fantasticgrandhowlingmarvelousmarvellousrattlingterrifictremendous
Antonyms
21 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- had a wonderful
- a wonderful time
- is a wonderful
- wonderful time
- wonderful time in
- a wonderful job
- what a wonderful
- wonderful time when
- wonderful job
- a wonderful day
- a wonderful idea
- wonderful meal