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wonder
noun
1 wonder
The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising.
synonyms: admiration, wonderment.
Roget 870:
wonder,
marvel;
astonishment,
amazement,
wonderment,
bewilderment;
amazedness
etc.
adj.†;
admiration,
awe;
stupor,
stupefaction;
stound†,
fascination;
sensation;
surprise
etc.
(inexpectation)
508†.
note of admiration;
thaumaturgy
etc.
(sorcery)
992†.
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Roget 508:
inexpectation†,
non-expectation;
false expectation
etc.
(disappointment)
509;
miscalculation
etc.
481.
surprise,
sudden burst,
thunderclap,
blow,
shock,
start;
bolt out of the blue;
wonder
etc.
870;
eye opener.
unpleasant surprise,
pleasant surprise.
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Roget 872:
prodigy,
phenomenon;
wonder,
wonderment;
marvel,
miracle;
monster
etc.
(unconformity)
83;
curiosity,
lion,
sight,
spectacle;
jeu de theatre [Fr.],
coup de theatre;
gazingstock†;
sign;
St. Elmo's fire,
St. Elmo's light;
portent
etc.
512.
bursting of a shell,
bursting of a bomb;
volcanic eruption,
peal of thunder;
thunder-clap,
thunder-bolt.
what no words can paint;
wonders of the world;
annus mirabilis [Lat.];
dignus vindice nodus [Lat.].
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Dutch: verwondering
2 wonder
Something that causes feelings of wonder:
— The wonders of modern science.
synonym: marvel.
Dutch: wonder
3 wonder
A state in which you want to learn more about something.
synonym: curiosity.
Roget 83:
nonconformity
etc.
82;
unconformity,
disconformity;
unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity†,
abnormality,
anomaly;
anomalousness
etc.
adj.†;
exception,
peculiarity;
infraction of law,
breach,
of law,
violation of law,
violation of custom,
violation of usage,
infringement of law,
infringement of custom,
infringement of usage;
teratism†,
eccentricity,
bizarrerie†,
oddity,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity;
freak,
freak of Nature,
weirdo,
mutant;
rouser,
snorter [U.S.].
individuality,
idiosyncrasy,
originality,
mannerism.
aberration;
irregularity;
variety;
singularity;
exemption;
salvo
etc.
(qualification)
469.
nonconformist;
nondescript,
character,
original,
nonesuch,
nonsuch†,
monster,
prodigy,
wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish,
black sheep,
black swan,
lusus naturae [Lat.],
rara avis [Lat.],
queer fish;
mongrel,
random breed;
half-caste,
half-blood,
half-breed;
metis [Lat.],
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto;
tertium quid [Lat.],
hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals]
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur;
griffin,
griffon;
centaur;
saggittary†;
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent;
mermaid,
merman,
merfolk†;
unicorn;
Cyclops,
men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"
[Othello];
teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings]
fish out of water;
neither one thing nor another,
neither fish nor fowl,
neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring;
one in a million,
one in a way,
one in a thousand;
outcast,
outlaw;
off the beaten track;
oasis.
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Dutch: curiositeit, nieuwsgierigheid
Polish: ciekawość
verb
1 wonder
2 wonder
Place in doubt or express doubtful speculation:
— I wonder whether this was the right thing to do.
— She wondered whether it would snow tonight.
synonym: question.
3 wonder
Be amazed at.
synonym: marvel.
Roget 870:
wonder,
marvel,
admire;
be surprised
etc.
adj.;
start;
stare;
open one's eyes,
rub one's eyes,
turn up one's eyes;
gloar†;
gape,
open one's mouth,
hold one's breath;
look aghast,
stand aghast,
stand agog;
look blank
etc.
(disappointment)
509;
tombe des nues [Fr.];
not believe one's eyes,
not believe one's ears,
not believe one's senses.
not be able to account for
etc.
(unintelligible)
519;
not know whether one stands on one's head or one's not know whether one stands on one's head or one's heels.
surprise,
astonish,
amaze,
astound;
dumfound,
dumfounder;
startle,
dazzle;
daze;
strike,
strike with wonder,
strike with awe;
electrify;
stun,
stupefy,
petrify,
confound,
bewilder,
flabbergast,
stagger,
throw on one's beam ends,
fascinate,
turn the head,
take away one's breath,
strike dumb;
make one's hair stand on end,
make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth;
make one stare.
take by surprise
etc.
(be unexpected)
508.
be wonderful
etc.
adj.;
beggar description,
beggar the imagination,
baffle description;
stagger belief.
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Moby thesaurus: admiration, agonize over, amaze, amazement, assailability, astonishing thing, astonishment, awe, be amazed, be astonished, be at sea, be innocent of, be uncertain, beat about, bewilderment, concern, coquet with, curiosity, cynosure, dabble, doubt, dubiety, enchantment, exception, fantasy, fear, feel unsure, ferlie, first-rater, flounder, gape, gawk, gaze, gazingstock, genius, give up, grope, have no idea, incertitude, know a little, know not, know not what, know nothing of, leading light, luminary, marvel, marveling, marvelment, miracle, mistrust, nonesuch, not know, not rightly know, pass, perplexity, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, puzzle over, puzzlement, question, quite a thing, rarity, reverence, scratch the surface, sensation, shock, sight, sign, skepticism, smatter, something else, spectacle, stand aghast, star, stare, stare openmouthed, stunner, superstar, suspicion, thrash about, topnotcher, toy with, virtuoso, vulnerability, wonder whether, wonderful thing, wonderment, wonderwork, wot not of ... show more.
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