wonderful
Tending to excite wonderTending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
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» Thank you for the wonderful meal.
Danke für das wunderbare Essen. — Wolf
Спасибо за чудесную еду. — odexed
Дякую за чудову їжу. — rmdas
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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. — rmdas
ruСпасибо за чудесную еду. — odexed
deDanke für das wunderbare Essen. — Wolf
Thank you for the wonderful dinner.
Дякую тобі за чудовий обід. — ascolto
ruБлагодарю вас за великолепный ужин. — Selena777
deDanke für das fabelhafte Abendessen. — MUIRIEL
She gave me a wonderful present.
Вона зробила мені чудовий подарунок. — deniko
ruОна сделала мне чудесный подарок. — Hellerick
deSie gab mir ein wunderbares Geschenk. — Hans_Adler
Tom brought me a wonderful gift.
Том приніс мені чудовий подарунок. — deniko
ruТом принёс мне чудесный подарок. — marafon
The view from this room is wonderful.
Вид, що відкривається з цієї кімнати, чудовий. — deniko
ruВид из этой комнаты чудесный. — mpffll
deDer Ausblick aus diesem Zimmer ist wundervoll. — Tamy
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 |
|---|---|
| Superlative | wonderfullest / wonderfulest / most wonderful Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
185 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
See also
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