| slovo | definícia |
wonder
(mass) | wonder
- diviť sa, zaujímať |
wonder
(encz) | wonder,div n: PetrV |
wonder
(encz) | wonder,divit v: Pavel Machek; Giza |
wonder
(encz) | wonder,divit se v: |
wonder
(encz) | wonder,obdivovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
wonder
(encz) | wonder,přemýšlet v: PetrV |
wonder
(encz) | wonder,ptát se sám sebe v: PetrV |
wonder
(encz) | wonder,říkat si v: PetrV |
wonder
(encz) | wonder,údiv n: PetrV |
wonder
(encz) | wonder,uvažovat v: PetrV |
Wonder
(gcide) | Wonder \Won"der\, n. [OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D.
wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. &
Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. ? to gaze at.]
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1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the
presentation to the sight or mind of something new,
unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well
understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
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They were filled with wonder and amazement at that
which had happened unto him. --Acts iii.
10.
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Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
--Johnson.
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Note: Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less
than amazement. It differs from admiration, as now
used, in not being necessarily accompanied with love,
esteem, or approbation.
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2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange
thing; a prodigy; a miracle. " Babylon, the wonder of all
tongues." --Milton.
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To try things oft, and never to give over, doth
wonders. --Bacon.
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I am as a wonder unto many. --Ps. lxxi. 7.
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Seven wonders of the world. See in the Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
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Wonder
(gcide) | Wonder \Won"der\, a.
Wonderful. [Obs.] --Gower.
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After that he said a wonder thing. --Chaucer.
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Wonder
(gcide) | Wonder \Won"der\, adv.
Wonderfully. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Wonder
(gcide) | Wonder \Won"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wondered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.]
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1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck
with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
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I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity
of these diminutive mortals. --Swift.
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We cease to wonder at what we understand. --Johnson.
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2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain
expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why
they came.
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I wonder, in my soul,
What you would ask me, that I should deny. --Shak.
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wonder
(wn) | wonder
n 1: the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
[syn: wonder, wonderment, admiration]
2: something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of
modern science" [syn: wonder, marvel]
3: a state in which you want to learn more about something [syn:
curiosity, wonder]
v 1: have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who
had built this beautiful church" [syn: wonder, inquire,
enquire]
2: place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder
whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered
whether it would snow tonight" [syn: wonder, question]
3: be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic
abilities" [syn: wonder, marvel] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
wonderful
(mass) | wonderful
- obdivuhodný, úžasný, skvelý, nádherný |
wonderfully
(mass) | wonderfully
- výborne |
girl wonder
(encz) | girl wonder, n: |
golden wonder millet
(encz) | golden wonder millet, n: |
little wonder
(encz) | Little wonder,není divu |
wonder bean
(encz) | wonder bean, n: |
wonder boy
(encz) | wonder boy, n: |
wonder child
(encz) | wonder child, n: |
wonder drug
(encz) | wonder drug,zázračný lék n: Zdeněk Brož |
wonder flower
(encz) | wonder flower, n: |
wonder of wonders
(encz) | wonder of wonders,divy divoucí n: Zdeněk Brož |
wonder woman
(encz) | wonder woman, n: |
wonder-struck
(encz) | wonder-struck, adj: |
wonderberry
(encz) | wonderberry, n: |
wondered
(encz) | wondered,obdivovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wonderer
(encz) | wonderer, n: |
wonderful
(encz) | wonderful,báječný adj: Zdeněk Brožwonderful,nádherný adj: lunowonderful,obdivuhodný adj: PetrVwonderful,podivuhodný adj: Zdeněk Brožwonderful,skvělý adj: Zdeněk Brožwonderful,úžasný adj: PetrV |
wonderfully
(encz) | wonderfully,nádherně adv: Zdeněk Brožwonderfully,skvěle adv: Zdeněk Brož |
wonderfulness
(encz) | wonderfulness,báječnost n: Zdeněk Brožwonderfulness,úžasnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
wondering
(encz) | wondering,obdivování n: Zdeněk Brožwondering,udivení n: Zdeněk Brožwondering,užaslý adj: PetrV |
wonderingly
(encz) | wonderingly,udiveně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
wonderland
(encz) | wonderland,pohádková země n: PetrVwonderland,říše divů n: Zdeněk Brož |
wonderment
(encz) | wonderment,úžas n: Zdeněk Brož |
wonders
(encz) | wonders,přemýšlí v: Zdeněk Brožwonders,zázraky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
wonderworking
(encz) | wonderworking, adj: |
Bewonder
(gcide) | Bewonder \Be*won"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewondered.]
1. To fill with wonder. [Obs.]
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2. To wonder at; to admire. [Obs.]
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Bewondered
(gcide) | Bewonder \Be*won"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewondered.]
1. To fill with wonder. [Obs.]
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2. To wonder at; to admire. [Obs.]
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Seven wonders of the world
(gcide) | Seven \Sev"en\, a. [OE. seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon,
seofan, seofen; akin to D. zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG. sibun,
G. sieben, Icel. sjau, sj["o], Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith.
septyni, Russ. seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir. seacht, L.
septem, Gr. ???, Skr. saptan. [root]305. Cf. Hebdomad,
Heptagon, September.]
One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one
week.
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Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4.
Seven stars (Astron.), the Pleiades.
Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders.
Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub ({Genipa
clusiifolia}) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible
fruit.
Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant
(Ipom[oe]a tuberosa) related to the morning-glory.
[1913 Webster]World \World\, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS.
weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt,
worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. ver["o]ld, Sw. verld,
Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity;
AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; cf. AS. yld lifetime,
age, ylde men, humanity. Cf. Werewolf, Old.]
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1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the
system of created things; existent creation; the universe.
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The invisible things of him from the creation of the
world are clearly seen. --Rom. 1. 20.
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With desire to know,
What nearer might concern him, how this world
Of heaven and earth conspicuous first began.
--Milton.
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2. Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as
inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with
human interests; as, a plurality of worlds. "Lord of the
worlds above." --I. Watts.
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Amongst innumerable stars, that shone
Star distant, but high-hand seemed other worlds.
--Milton.
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There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants
have never violated their allegiance to their
almighty Sovereign. --W. B.
Sprague.
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3. The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the
sum of human affairs and interests.
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That forbidden tree, whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world, and all our woe.
--Milton.
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4. In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its
concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any
one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human
affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given
point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and
action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious
world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future
world; the heathen world.
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One of the greatest in the Christian world
Shall be my surety. --Shak.
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Murmuring that now they must be put to make war
beyond the world's end -- for so they counted
Britain. --Milton.
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5. The customs, practices, and interests of men; general
affairs of life; human society; public affairs and
occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.
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Happy is she that from the world retires. --Waller.
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If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious,
May Juba ever live in ignorance. --Addison.
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6. Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of
life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as,
to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and
begin the world anew.
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7. The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in
general; the public; mankind.
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Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to
any purpose that the world can say against it.
--Shak.
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Tell me, wench, how will the world repute me
For undertaking so unstaid a journey? --Shak.
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8. The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven;
concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the
life to come; the present existence and its interests;
hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the
affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or
wicked part of mankind.
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I pray not for the world, but for them which thou
hast given me; for they are thine. --John xvii.
9.
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Love not the world, neither the things that are in
the world. If any man love the world, the love of
the Father is not in him. For all that is in the
world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father,
but is of the world. --1 John ii.
15, 16.
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9. As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity;
a large number. "A world of men." --Chapman. "A world of
blossoms for the bee." --Bryant.
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Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company. --Shak.
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A world of woes dispatched in little space.
--Dryden.
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All . . . in the world, all that exists; all that is
possible; as, all the precaution in the world would not
save him.
A world to see, a wonder to see; something admirable or
surprising to see. [Obs.]
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O, you are novices; 't is a world to see
How tame, when men and women are alone,
A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew.
--Shak.
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For all the world.
(a) Precisely; exactly.
(b) For any consideration.
Seven wonders of the world. See in the Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
To go to the world, to be married. [Obs.] "Thus goes every
one to the world but I . . .; I may sit in a corner and
cry heighho for a husband!" --Shak.
World's end, the end, or most distant part, of the world;
the remotest regions.
World without end, eternally; forever; everlastingly; as if
in a state of existence having no end.
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Throughout all ages, world without end. --Eph. iii.
21.
[1913 Webster]Wonder \Won"der\, n. [OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D.
wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. &
Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. ? to gaze at.]
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1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the
presentation to the sight or mind of something new,
unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well
understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
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They were filled with wonder and amazement at that
which had happened unto him. --Acts iii.
10.
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Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
--Johnson.
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Note: Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less
than amazement. It differs from admiration, as now
used, in not being necessarily accompanied with love,
esteem, or approbation.
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2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange
thing; a prodigy; a miracle. " Babylon, the wonder of all
tongues." --Milton.
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To try things oft, and never to give over, doth
wonders. --Bacon.
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I am as a wonder unto many. --Ps. lxxi. 7.
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Seven wonders of the world. See in the Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
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Unwonder
(gcide) | Unwonder \Un*won"der\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + wonder.]
To divest of the quality of wonder or mystery; to interpret;
to explain. [R.] --Fuller.
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Unwondering
(gcide) | Unwondering \Unwondering\
See wondering. |
Wonder
(gcide) | Wonder \Won"der\, n. [OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D.
wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. &
Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. ? to gaze at.]
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1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the
presentation to the sight or mind of something new,
unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well
understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
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They were filled with wonder and amazement at that
which had happened unto him. --Acts iii.
10.
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Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
--Johnson.
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Note: Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less
than amazement. It differs from admiration, as now
used, in not being necessarily accompanied with love,
esteem, or approbation.
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2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange
thing; a prodigy; a miracle. " Babylon, the wonder of all
tongues." --Milton.
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To try things oft, and never to give over, doth
wonders. --Bacon.
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I am as a wonder unto many. --Ps. lxxi. 7.
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Seven wonders of the world. See in the Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
[1913 Webster]Wonder \Won"der\, a.
Wonderful. [Obs.] --Gower.
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After that he said a wonder thing. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Wonder \Won"der\, adv.
Wonderfully. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Wonder \Won"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wondered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.]
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1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck
with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
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I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity
of these diminutive mortals. --Swift.
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We cease to wonder at what we understand. --Johnson.
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2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain
expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why
they came.
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I wonder, in my soul,
What you would ask me, that I should deny. --Shak.
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Wondered
(gcide) | Wondered \Won"dered\, a.
Having performed wonders; able to perform wonderful things.
[Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Wonder \Won"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wondered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.]
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1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck
with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
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I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity
of these diminutive mortals. --Swift.
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We cease to wonder at what we understand. --Johnson.
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2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain
expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why
they came.
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I wonder, in my soul,
What you would ask me, that I should deny. --Shak.
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Wonderer
(gcide) | Wonderer \Won"der*er\, n.
One who wonders.
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Wonderful
(gcide) | Wonderful \Won"der*ful\, a.
Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange;
astonishing.
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Syn: Marvelous; amazing. See Marvelous.
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Won"der*ful*ness, n.
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Wonderfully
(gcide) | Wonderful \Won"der*ful\, a.
Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange;
astonishing.
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Syn: Marvelous; amazing. See Marvelous.
[1913 Webster] -- Won"der*ful*ly, adv. --
Won"der*ful*ness, n.
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Wonderfulness
(gcide) | Wonderful \Won"der*ful\, a.
Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange;
astonishing.
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Syn: Marvelous; amazing. See Marvelous.
[1913 Webster] -- Won"der*ful*ly, adv. --
Won"der*ful*ness, n.
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Wondering
(gcide) | Wonder \Won"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wondered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Wondering.] [AS. wundrian.]
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1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck
with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
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I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity
of these diminutive mortals. --Swift.
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We cease to wonder at what we understand. --Johnson.
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2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain
expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why
they came.
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I wonder, in my soul,
What you would ask me, that I should deny. --Shak.
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Wonderingly
(gcide) | Wonderingly \Won"der*ing*ly\, adv.
In a wondering manner.
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Wonderland
(gcide) | Wonderland \Won"der*land`\, n.
A land full of wonders, or marvels. --M. Arnold.
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Wonderly
(gcide) | Wonderly \Won"der*ly\, adv. [AS. wundorlice.]
Wonderfully; wondrously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Wonderment
(gcide) | Wonderment \Won"der*ment\, n.
Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder.
--Bacon.
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All the common sights they view,
Their wonderment engage. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Wonderous
(gcide) | Wonderous \Won"der*ous\, a.
Same as Wondrous.
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Wonders
(gcide) | Wonders \Won"ders\, adv.
See Wondrous. [Obs.]
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They be wonders glad thereof. --Sir T. More.
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Wonderstruck
(gcide) | Wonderstruck \Won"der*struck`\, a.
Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. --Dryden.
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Wonderwork
(gcide) | Wonderwork \Won"der*work`\, n. [AS. wundorweorc.]
A wonderful work or act; a prodigy; a miracle.
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Such as in strange land
He found in wonderworks of God and Nature's hand.
--Byron.
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Wonder-worker
(gcide) | Wonder-worker \Won"der-work`er\, n.
One who performs wonders, or miracles.
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Wonder-working
(gcide) | Wonder-working \Won"der-work`ing\, a.
Doing wonders or surprising things.
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boy wonder
(wn) | boy wonder
n 1: an extremely talented young male person |
girl wonder
(wn) | girl wonder
n 1: an extremely talented young female person |
golden wonder millet
(wn) | golden wonder millet
n 1: millet having yellow grains in large drooping spikes [syn:
German millet, golden wonder millet, {Setaria italica
stramineofructa}] |
kentucky wonder
(wn) | Kentucky wonder
n 1: flat-podded green bean [syn: Kentucky wonder, {Kentucky
wonder bean}] |
kentucky wonder bean
(wn) | Kentucky wonder bean
n 1: flat-podded green bean [syn: Kentucky wonder, {Kentucky
wonder bean}] |
newtown wonder
(wn) | Newtown Wonder
n 1: apple used primarily in cooking |
seven wonders of the ancient world
(wn) | Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
n 1: impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were
regarded with awe [syn: {Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World}, Seven Wonders of the World] |
seven wonders of the world
(wn) | Seven Wonders of the World
n 1: impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were
regarded with awe [syn: {Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World}, Seven Wonders of the World] |
wonder bean
(wn) | wonder bean
n 1: annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America
bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for
forage [syn: jack bean, wonder bean, {giant stock
bean}, Canavalia ensiformis] |
wonder boy
(wn) | wonder boy
n 1: a man who is unusually successful at an early age [syn:
wonder boy, golden boy] |
wonder child
(wn) | wonder child
n 1: a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age;
"Mozart was a child prodigy" [syn: child prodigy, {infant
prodigy}, wonder child] |
wonder flower
(wn) | wonder flower
n 1: South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white
blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use
as winter cut flowers [syn: chincherinchee, {wonder
flower}, Ornithogalum thyrsoides] |
wonder woman
(wn) | wonder woman
n 1: a woman who can be a successful wife and have a
professional career at the same time |
wonder-struck
(wn) | wonder-struck
adj 1: affected by or overcome with wonder |
wonderberry
(wn) | wonderberry
n 1: improved garden variety of black nightshade having small
edible orange or black berries [syn: garden huckleberry,
wonderberry, sunberry, Solanum nigrum guineese,
Solanum melanocerasum, Solanum burbankii] |
wonderer
(wn) | wonderer
n 1: someone who is curious about something
2: someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders
at something [syn: wonderer, marveller] |
wonderful
(wn) | wonderful
adj 1: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as
intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film
was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous
collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation
about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn:
fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous,
marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous,
wonderful, wondrous] |
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