Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Astonishment, awe, or puzzlement.
- noun Something that produces wonder; a marvel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Surprise; astonishment.
- noun Something wonderful; a wonderful appearance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a state, arousal, or thing describable by
wonder ,strange ,awe ,surprise ,marvel , orastonishment - noun a
puzzle orcuriosity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
Etymologies
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Examples
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I just looked and smiled in wonderment of why this was said.
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Townshend later told her afterward that her performance made him weep, and at the end, you can see Barbra Streisand turn to Townshend and ask in wonderment, "Did you write that song?"
Art Levine: Amid Dreary Concert Season, Bettye LaVette's Triumphant Return Art Levine 2010
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I just looked and smiled in wonderment of why this was said.
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I just looked and smiled in wonderment of why this was said.
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I just looked and smiled in wonderment of why this was said.
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I just looked and smiled in wonderment of why this was said.
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"That was close to a shank," Faldo said in wonderment as Harrington hit the second of two balls into the water.
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The Indians looked at him in wonderment that he should laugh.
Lost Face 2010
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Sambrooke, who forgot his beloved statistics in wonderment at girl babies that insisted on growing up.
ALOHA OE 2010
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Around them, the Grand Central crowd looks on in wonderment, trying to figure out what's going on -- a little scared, but delighted too.
Boing Boing 2008
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