Marvellous

4 definitions found

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

  marvellous \marvellous\ adj.
     Marvelous.
  
     Syn: improbable, marvelous, tall(prenominal).
          [WordNet 1.5]



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

  Marvelous \Mar"vel*ous\, a. [OE. merveillous, OF. merveillos, F.
     Merveilleux. See {Marvel}, n.] [Written also {marvellous}.]
     1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
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              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.
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              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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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)}]

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

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "marvellous":
     amazing, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, crazy, excellent,
     extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, glorious, great, groovy,
     incredible, marvy, mind-boggling, miraculous, phenomenal,
     remarkable, sensational, smashing, spectacular, splendid, super,
     superb, surprising, terrific, unbelievable, unparalleled, wild,
     wonderful