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Wonderment is a feeling of great surprise and pleasure. His big blue eyes opened wide in wonderment. = astonishment. a feeling of pleasant surprise or admiration

Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

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One of the Wonders of the World

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Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable

The idea was so crazy that it is a wonder that anyone went along with it.

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A mental pondering, a thought

Miss Paynter had a little wonder as to whether the man, as she called Mr. Lacy in her own mind, had ever been admitted to this room. She thought not.

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Something that causes amazement or awe, a marvel

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Someone very talented at something, a genius

He's a wonder at cooking.

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{n} amazement, admiration

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{v} to be astonished, to admire

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If you refer, for example, to a young man as a wonder boy, or to a new product as a wonder drug, you mean that they are believed by many people to be very good or very effective. Mickelson was hailed as the wonder boy of American golf

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{i} marvel; miracle; amazement; astonishment; ponder

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politeness You can say `I wonder' if you want to be very polite when you are asking someone to do something, or when you are asking them for their opinion or for information. I was just wondering if you could help me

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be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities

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a state in which you want to learn more about something

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Wonder is a feeling of great surprise and pleasure that you have, for example when you see something that is very beautiful, or when something happens that you thought was impossible. `That's right!' Bobby exclaimed in wonder. `How did you remember that?'

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Wonderfully

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If you say that it is a wonder that something happened, you mean that it is very surprising and unexpected. It's a wonder that it took almost ten years The wonder is that Olivier was not seriously hurt

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Something that causes amazement or awe

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If you say `no wonder', `little wonder', or `small wonder', you mean that something is not surprising. No wonder my brother wasn't feeling well Under such circumstances, it is little wonder that they experience difficulties

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be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"

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place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"

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A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle

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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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To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel

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the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

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A mental pondering

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To ponder about something

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{f} marvel; be astonished; be amazed; ponder; cast doubt

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You can say `No wonder' when you find out the reason for something that has been puzzling you for some time. Brad was Jane's brother! No wonder he reminded me so much of her!

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If you wonder about something, you think about it, either because it interests you and you want to know more about it, or because you are worried or suspicious about it. I wondered what that noise was `He claims to be her father,' said Max. `We've been wondering about him.' But there was something else, too. Not hard evidence, but it made me wonder

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the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

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Wonderful

The show was wonderful. You should've seen it. - The show was wonderful. You should have seen it.

What a wonderful family! - What a wonderful family.

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A wonder is something that causes people to feel great surprise or admiration. a lecture on the wonders of space and space exploration. the wonder of seeing his name in print

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If you wonder at something, you are very surprised about it or think about it in a very surprised way. Walk down Castle Street, admire our little jewel of a cathedral, then wonder at the castle We all wonder you're still alive

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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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If you say that a person or thing works wonders or does wonders, you mean that they have a very good effect on something. A few moments of relaxation can work wonders

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have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

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something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science" the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight" be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities

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