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.
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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.
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The marvelous, that which exceeds natural power, or is
preternatural; that which is wonderful; -- opposed to
the probable
.
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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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