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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: marvellous (0.02200 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to marvellous.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: marvellous marvellous adj 1: 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” [syn: fantastic, howling(a), marvelous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous] 2: being or having the character of a miracle [syn: marvelous, miraculous] 3: too improbable to admit of belief; “a tall story” [syn: improbable, marvelous, tall(a)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: marvellous marvellous \marvellous\ adj. Marvelous. Syn: improbable, marvelous, tall(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5] Marvelous \Mar"vel*ous\, a. [OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F. Merveilleux. See Marvel, n.] [Written also marvellous.] 1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. [1913 Webster] This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. --Ps. cxiii. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or supernatural power; incredible; so improbable as to defy belief. [1913 Webster +PJC] The marvelous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially the machines of the gods. --Pope. [1913 Webster] The marvelous, that which exceeds natural power, or is preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to the probable . [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

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