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Wonder Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Wonder?
[n] a state in which you want to learn more about something
[n] something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science" [n] the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising [v] have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" [v] place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight" [v] be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities" Synonyms | Synonyms for Wonder: admiration | curiosity | enquire | inquire | marvel | marvel | question | wonderment Related Terms | Find terms related to Wonder: See Also | amazement | astonishment | awe | chew over | cognitive state | contemplate | curiousness | desire to know | excogotate | happening | inquisitiveness | interest | involvement | lust for learning | meditate | mull | mull over | muse | natural event | occurrence | ponder | query | question | react | reflect | request | respond | ruminate | scruple | speculate | state of mind | think over | thirst for knowledge Wonder In Webster's Dictionary \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.]
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.
They were filled with wonder and amazement at that
which had happened unto him. --Acts iii.
10.
Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
--Johnson.
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.
2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange
thing; a prodigy; a miracle. `` Babylon, the wonder of all
tongues.'' --Milton.
To try things oft, and never to give over, doth
wonders. --Bacon.
I am as a wonder unto many. --Ps. lxxi. 7.
{Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
\Won"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wondered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wondering}.] [AS. wundrian.] 1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel. I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. --Swift. We cease to wonder at what we understand. --Johnson. 2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why they came. I wonder, in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny. --Shak. \Won"der\, a. Wonderful. [Obs.] --Gower. After that he said a wonder thing. --Chaucer. \Won"der\, adv. Wonderfully. [Obs.] --Chaucer. |
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