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单词 wonderful
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Definition of wonderful in English:

wonderful

adjective ˈwʌndəfʊlˈwʌndəf(ə)lˈwəndərfəl
  • Inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous.

    they all think she's wonderful
    the climate was wonderful all the year round
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If it happens, it will be a first for the town and may turn out to be a wonderful idea.
    • It was wonderful to be alive and young on that sunny day after a close brush with death.
    • What a wonderful thing fantasy is when we can suspend the responsibly rule for a while.
    • How wonderful it would have been if we were to agree with each other on all the things.
    • What a fantastic idea, and what a wonderful way to learn more about Roman history!
    • He has a wonderful work ethic and speed to burn, so like I say it is just a matter of time.
    • It had been such a wonderful day and the beautiful evening was its crowning glory.
    • It is a substantial piece of work and a wonderful, and inspiring, record of bravery.
    • Wave after wave of pure pleasure washed over her and she could not believe how wonderful it felt.
    • I had never been abroad before, and the few of my friends who had been had made it sound wonderful.
    • At the resort we met some wonderful folks that we hope we'll get a chance to see again.
    • It's a wonderful idea to do this incredible and strange show around such pictures.
    • It was wonderful to see a synagogue which had so far been only a word to me in the Bible.
    • It was the very early stages of what has become an amazing and wonderful relationship.
    • I turned up the music and let the car be filled with the wonderful sound of Aerosmith once more.
    • It will enrich the amazing melange of sounds that make up this wonderful new South Africa.
    • I have been in contact with a wonderful band who are very keen to come to Pewsey and play.
    • Her takes were wonderful and we were really delighted with what she did on set.
    • What a wonderful sight it was to see so many beautiful boats on the lough at the same time.
    • If he's on the tube we can just mute the gabble and marvel at his wonderful face instead.
    Synonyms
    marvellous, magnificent, superb, glorious, sublime, lovely, delightful, first-class, first-rate
    informal super, great, smashing, amazing, amazeballs, fantastic, terrific, tremendous, sensational, incredible, heavenly, gorgeous, dreamy, grand, fabulous, fab, fabby, fantabulous, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, awesome, magic, ace, cool, mean, bad, wicked, mega, crucial, mind-blowing, far out, A1, sound, out of this world, marvy, spanking, dope, def, phat
    British informal brilliant, brill
    North American informal peachy, dandy, jim-dandy, neat, badass, boss, radical, rad, boffo, bully, bitching, bodacious
    Australian/New Zealand informal beaut, bonzer
    South African informal kif, lank
    informal, dated groovy, divine
    British informal, dated capital, champion, wizard, corking, cracking, ripping, spiffing, top-hole, topping, beezer
    North American informal, dated swell, keen
    literary wondrous
    archaic goodly

Derivatives

  • wonderfulness

  • nounˈwʌndəfʊlnəsˈwʌndəf(ə)lnəsˈwəndərfəlnəs
    • It sounds to me like one of those oft-repeated tropes that few of the natives ever question, like the immutable wonderfulness of George Washington.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Cartwright never really gets to grips with the darker issues that bubble underneath her veneer of child-like wonder at the whole gosh - darned wonderfulness of everything to do with the show.
      • If the concert had been at the South Bank or the Barbican I would have had to decline the drink-up, but the wonderfulness of working at the heart of Westminster Village was the ability to nip to the concert as an interval in the works' drinkies.
      • Hoffman is essentially a light comic opera, but there were moments of sheer wonderfulness, most notably a trio in the second act which was then joined by the chorus, and I just floated away to another place.
      • All in all, a worthy celebration of the liberty, creativity, chutzpah, dynamite babes, dynamite tunes, and totally awesome wonderfulness which is our true blue home, our own native land, our beloved America.

Origin

Late Old English wunderfull (see wonder, -ful).

 
 

Definition of wonderful in US English:

wonderful

adjectiveˈwəndərfəlˈwəndərfəl
  • Inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvelous.

    they all think she's wonderful
    the climate was wonderful all the year round
    Example sentencesExamples
    • How wonderful it would have been if we were to agree with each other on all the things.
    • Wave after wave of pure pleasure washed over her and she could not believe how wonderful it felt.
    • It was the very early stages of what has become an amazing and wonderful relationship.
    • What a fantastic idea, and what a wonderful way to learn more about Roman history!
    • It was wonderful to be alive and young on that sunny day after a close brush with death.
    • What a wonderful thing fantasy is when we can suspend the responsibly rule for a while.
    • It's a wonderful idea to do this incredible and strange show around such pictures.
    • What a wonderful sight it was to see so many beautiful boats on the lough at the same time.
    • He has a wonderful work ethic and speed to burn, so like I say it is just a matter of time.
    • It was wonderful to see a synagogue which had so far been only a word to me in the Bible.
    • At the resort we met some wonderful folks that we hope we'll get a chance to see again.
    • If he's on the tube we can just mute the gabble and marvel at his wonderful face instead.
    • It had been such a wonderful day and the beautiful evening was its crowning glory.
    • I turned up the music and let the car be filled with the wonderful sound of Aerosmith once more.
    • I had never been abroad before, and the few of my friends who had been had made it sound wonderful.
    • It will enrich the amazing melange of sounds that make up this wonderful new South Africa.
    • It is a substantial piece of work and a wonderful, and inspiring, record of bravery.
    • Her takes were wonderful and we were really delighted with what she did on set.
    • If it happens, it will be a first for the town and may turn out to be a wonderful idea.
    • I have been in contact with a wonderful band who are very keen to come to Pewsey and play.
    Synonyms
    marvellous, magnificent, superb, glorious, sublime, lovely, delightful, first-class, first-rate

Origin

Late Old English wunderfull (see wonder, -ful).

 
 
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