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marvellous

/ˈmɑːvələs//ˈmɑɹvələs/

marvellous adjective: exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.

Adjective

marvellous (comparative more marvellous, superlative most marvellous)

  1. (UK) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
    • I went to a marvellous party last week.
    • At first glance, importance sampling seems like a marvellous solution to any posterior simulation problem.2003, Gary Koop, Bayesian Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., page 80

marvellous meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

marvellous in Hindi

marvellous, extraordinary
विस्मयकारी vismaykārī

marvellous in Urdu

عجب, حیرت انگیز

marvellous in Bengali

বিস্ময়কর, চমৎকার, অপূর্ব, অলৌকিক

marvellous in Kannada

ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯಕರವಾದ, ಕೌತುಕದ, ಅಚ್ಚರಿಗೊಳಿಸುವ, ಚಕಿತಗೊಳಿಸುವ, ಸೋಜಿಗದ, ಅದ್ಭುತವಾದ

Forms of marvellous

comparativemore marvellous
superlativemost marvellous
alternative USmarvelous

Origin of marvellous

First attested from 1300 as Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from merveille (“a wonder”) + -us. Doublet of merveilleux. See also marvel.

Words formed from marvellous

Questions about marvellous

What does marvellous mean?
Marvellous means exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
What is marvellous in Hindi?
Marvellous in Hindi is विस्मयकारी (vismaykārī). See Marvellous meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is marvellous?
Marvellous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce marvellous?
Marvellous is pronounced /ˈmɑːvələs/ (UK).

Words near marvellous in the dictionary

  1. marvellest
  2. marvelleth
  3. Marvellian
  4. marvelling
  5. marvellings
  6. marvellous
  7. marvellously
  8. marvellousness
  9. marvells
  10. marvelment
  11. Marvelophile

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marvellous (page history and authors); विस्मयकारी (Hindi) (page history and authors); marvellous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Marvellous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); marvellous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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