adj
Meaning 1
Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Examples
- I went to a marvellous party last week.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
marvellous
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈmɑːvələs/
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UK: /ˈmɑːvləs/
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US: /ˈmɑɹvələs/
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CMU ARPABET: M AA1 R V AH0 L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
too improbable to admit of belief
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a tall story
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: improbable, marvelous, tall(a)
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
being or having the character of a miracle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marvelous, miraculous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
First attested from 1300 as Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from merveille (“a wonder”) + -us. Doublet of merveilleux. See also marvel.
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