marvelous
Syllables: mar·ve·lous/ˈmɑːvələs//ˈmɑɹvələs/
marvelous adjective: exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
Adjective
marvelous (comparative more marvelous, superlative most marvelous)
- Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
- I went to a marvelous party last week.
- The fifty little brown musicians rendered difficult selections with marvelous accuracy and gingersome dash and artistic enjoyment of the work.1912, Daniel D. Bidwell, As Far as the East is from the West
- Synonyms:
- portentous, prodigious
marvelous meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
marvelous in Hindi
- marvelous
- आश्चर्यजनक āścaryajanak
marvelous in Marathi
- marvelous, wonderful, extraordinary
- अद्भुत adbhut
marvelous in Bengali
- exciting wonder or surprise
- অলৌকিক olōukik, অবিশ্বাস্য obiśśasśo, বিস্ময়কর biśśõẏokor, অদ্ভুত odbhut
marvelous in Telugu
- exciting wonder or surprise
- అద్భుతమైన adbhutamaina
More languagesFewer languages
- marvelous in Malayalam
- അത്യാശ്ചര്യകരം, അവിശ്വസനീയമാംവിധം അത്ഭുതകരം, വിസ്മയനീയ, അത്ഭുതാശ്ചര്യങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്ന
- marvelous in Kannada
- ಬೆರಗಾಗಿಸುವ, ನಂಬಲಾಗದ
- marvelous in Sanskrit
- अद्भुत adbhuta
- marvelous in Arabic
- مُدْهِش mudhiš, بَدِيع badīʕ
Examples of marvelous in a sentence
- Her gown was a marvelous confection of lace and tulle.
- Her dresses are made from these marvelous chiffons.
- That pishtush about what a marvelous mechanism the human body is is a lot of pishtush.
Synonyms of marvelous
Forms of marvelous
| comparative | more marvelous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most marvelous |
| alternative UK | marvellous |
Origin of marvelous
First attested from 1300 as Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from merveille (“a wonder”), equivalent to marvel + -ous.
Words formed from marvelous
Questions about marvelous
- What does marvelous mean?
- Marvelous means exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
- What is marvelous in Hindi?
- Marvelous in Hindi is आश्चर्यजनक (āścaryajanak). See Marvelous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is marvelous?
- Marvelous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce marvelous?
- Marvelous is pronounced /ˈmɑːvələs/ (UK).
Words near marvelous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: marvelous (page history and authors); आश्चर्यजनक (Hindi) (page history and authors); अद्भुत (Marathi) (page history and authors); marvelous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); marvelous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अद्भुत (Sanskrit) (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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