About The Word Marvelous
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Marvelous
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What's The Definition Of Marvelous?
[adj] too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"
[adj] being or having the character of a miracle [adj] extraordinarily good; 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Marvelous: extraordinary | fantastic | howling(a) | improbable | incredible | marvellous | miraculous | rattling(a) | supernatural | tall(a) | terrific | tremendous | unbelievable | wonderful | wondrous Related Terms | Find terms related to Marvelous: agreeable | amazing | appalling | astonishing | astounding | awe-inspiring | awesome | awful | awing | beguiling | bewildering | confounding | conspicuous | cool | dandy | divine | dreamy | egregious | enigmatic | enjoyable | exceptional | exquisite | extraordinary | fabulous | fantastic | fascinating | formidable | gilt-edged | glorious | golden | groovy | heavenly | hot | hunky-dory | immense | incomprehensible | inconceivable | incredible | indescribable | ineffable | keen | legendary | magnificent | marked | miraculous | mythical | neat | nifty | notable | noteworthy | noticeable | of mark | outlandish | outstanding | passing strange | peachy | phenomenal | pleasant | pleasurable | portentous | prodigious | puzzling | rare | remarkable | rewarding | ripping | satisfying | sensational | signal | spectacular | splendid | splendiferous | staggering | sterling | stinking | strange | striking | stunning | stupefying | stupendous | super | superb | supereminent | superexcellent | superfine | superior | supernatural | surprising | swell | terrific | tremendous | uncommon | unexampled | unheard-of | unimaginable | unique | unparalleled | unprecedented | unspeakable | wonderful | wondrous See Also | Marvelous In Webster's Dictionary \Mar"vel*ous\, a. [OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F.
Merveilleux. See {Marvel}, n.] [Written also {marvellous}.]
1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our
eyes. --Ps. cxiii.
23.
2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural
power; incredible.
The marvelous fable includes whatever is
supernatural, and especially the machines of the
gods. --Pope.
{The marvelous}, that which exceeds natural power, or is
preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to {the
probable}.
Syn: Wonderful; astonishing; surprising; strange; improbable;
incredible.
Usage: {Marvelous}, {Wonderful}. We speak of a thing as
wonderful when it awakens our surprise and admiration;
as marvelous when it is so much out of the ordinary
course of things as to seem nearly or quite
incredible.
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