'Marvel' definitions:
Definition of 'marvel'
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Definition of 'Marvel'
From: GCIDE
- Marvel \Mar"vel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marveledor Marvelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Marveling or Marvelling.] [OE. merveilen, OF. merveillier.] To be struck with surprise, astonishment, or wonder; to wonder. [1913 Webster]
- Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. --1 john iii. 13. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Marvel'
From: GCIDE
- Marvel \Mar"vel\, v. t.
- 1. To marvel at. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to marvel, or be surprised; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- But much now me marveleth. --Rich. the Redeless. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Marvel'
From: GCIDE
- Marvel \Mar"vel\, n. [OE. mervaile, F. merveille, fr. L. mirabilia wonderful things, pl., fr. mirabilis wonderful, fr. mirari to wonder or marvel at. See Admire, Smile, and cf. Miracle.]
- 1. That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle. [1913 Webster]
- I will do marvels such as have not been done. --Ex. xxxiv. 10. [1913 Webster]
- Nature's sweet marvel undefiled. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Wonder. [R.] "Use lessens marvel." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] marvel of Peru
Synonyms of 'marvel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admiration,
- amaze,
- amazement,
- astonishing thing,
- astonishment,
- astoundment,
- awe,
- be amazed,
- be astonished,
- beaut,
- beguilement,
- bewilderment,
- breathless wonder,
- curiosity,
- dumbfoundment,
- exception,
- eyeful,
- fascination,
- gape,
- gawk,
- gaze,
- gazingstock,
- knockout,
- looker,
- lovely,
- marveling,
- marvelment,
- miracle,
- nonesuch,
- phenomenon,
- portent,
- prodigy,
- puzzlement,
- quite a thing,
- rarity,
- sensation,
- sense of mystery,
- sense of wonder,
- sight,
- something else,
- spectacle,
- stand aghast,
- stare,
- stare openmouthed,
- stunner,
- stupefaction,
- surprise,
- wonder,
- wonderful thing,
- wonderment