Wonder

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wonder \Won"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wondered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Wondering}.] [AS. wundrian.]
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     1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck
        with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
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              I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity
              of these diminutive mortals.          --Swift.
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              We cease to wonder at what we understand. --Johnson.
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     2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain
        expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why
        they came.
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              I wonder, in my soul,
              What you would ask me, that I should deny. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wonder \Won"der\, n. [OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D.
     wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. &
     Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. ? to gaze at.]
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     1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the
        presentation to the sight or mind of something new,
        unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well
        understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement.
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              They were filled with wonder and amazement at that
              which had happened unto him.          --Acts iii.
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              Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
                                                    --Johnson.
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     Note: Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less
           than amazement. It differs from admiration, as now
           used, in not being necessarily accompanied with love,
           esteem, or approbation.
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     2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange
        thing; a prodigy; a miracle. " Babylon, the wonder of all
        tongues." --Milton.
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              To try things oft, and never to give over, doth
              wonders.                              --Bacon.
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              I am as a wonder unto many.           --Ps. lxxi. 7.
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     {Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted
        Names in Fiction.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wonder \Won"der\, a.
     Wonderful. [Obs.] --Gower.
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           After that he said a wonder thing.       --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wonder \Won"der\, adv.
     Wonderfully. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wonder
       n 1: the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
            [syn: {wonderment}, {admiration}]
       2: something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of
          modern science" [syn: {marvel}]
       3: a state in which you want to learn more about something
          [syn: {curiosity}]
       v 1: have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who
            had built this beautiful church" [syn: {inquire}, {enquire}]
       2: place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder
          whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered
          whether it would snow tonight" [syn: {question}]
       3: be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic
          abilities" [syn: {marvel}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "wonder":
     admiration, agonize over, amaze, amazement, assailability,
     astonishing thing, astonishment, awe, be amazed, be astonished,
     be at sea, be innocent of, be uncertain, beat about, bewilderment,
     concern, coquet with, curiosity, cynosure, dabble, doubt, dubiety,
     enchantment, exception, fantasy, fear, feel unsure, ferlie,
     first-rater, flounder, gape, gawk, gaze, gazingstock, genius,
     give up, grope, have no idea, incertitude, know a little, know not,
     know not what, know nothing of, leading light, luminary, marvel,
     marveling, marvelment, miracle, mistrust, nonesuch, not know,
     not rightly know, pass, perplexity, phenomenon, portent, prodigy,
     puzzle over, puzzlement, question, quite a thing, rarity,
     reverence, scratch the surface, sensation, shock, sight, sign,
     skepticism, smatter, something else, spectacle, stand aghast, star,
     stare, stare openmouthed, stunner, superstar, suspicion,
     thrash about, topnotcher, toy with, virtuoso, vulnerability,
     wonder whether, wonderful thing, wonderment, wonderwork,
     wot not of