wondrous
Wonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelousWonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.
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» Everything was bathed in a wondrous blue light.
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Examples
7 sentencesEverything was bathed in a wondrous blue light.
Occasionally, wondrous texts were included.
It's a story full of gnomes, elves, fairies, and other similar wondrous characters.
Meaning
1 sensesWonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.
We all stared open-mouthed at the wondrous sight.
wunderbar, wundersam, erstaunlich
изуми́тельныйizumítelʹnyj, порази́тельныйporazítelʹnyj, удиви́тельныйudivítelʹnyj
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
Origin
From Middle English wondrous, alteration after the suffix -ous of Middle English wonders (From Middle English wondrous, alteration after the suffix -ous of Middle English wonders (“wondrous, wonderful”, adjective), from Old English wundres (“of wonder”), genitive singular of wundor (“wonder, miracle”), from Proto-Germanic *wundrą (“wonder”). Compare Dutch wonder, German Wunder.
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Forms
more wondrous, most wondrous| Comparative | more wondrous Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most wondrous Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
81 synonyms- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers:fantasticgrandhowlingmarvelousmarvellousrattlingterrifictremendous
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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