marvel

(mär'vəl)
n.

1. One that evokes surprise, admiration, or wonder. See synonyms at wonder.
2. Strong surprise; astonishment.

v., -veled, also -velled, -vel·ing, -vel·ling, -vels, -vels.

v.intr.
To become filled with wonder or astonishment.

v.tr.
To feel amazement or bewilderment at or about: We marveled that they walked away unhurt from the car accident.

[Middle English marvail, from Old French merveille, from Vulgar Latin *miribilia, alteration of Latin mīrābilia, wonderful things, from neuter pl. of mīrābilis, wonderful, from mīrārī, to wonder, from mīrus, wonderful.]

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The verb has inflected forms marvelled, marvelling in British English, and usually marveled, marveling in American English.

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noun

1. One that evokes great surprise and admiration: astonishment, miracle, phenomenon, prodigy, sensation, stunner, wonder, wonderment. Idioms: one for the books, the eighth wonder of the world. See good/bad.
2. The emotion aroused by something awe-inspiring or astounding: amaze, amazement, astonishment, awe, wonder, wonderment. Archaic admiration, dread. See excite/bore/interest, feelings.

verb

To have a feeling of great awe and rapt admiration: wonder. See excite/bore/interest, feelings.

n

Definition: wonder
Antonyms: expectation

v

Definition: amaze
Antonyms: be indifferent, disregard

For a list of words related to marvel, see:

• Verbs of Sight - marvel: gaze with amazement or curiosity
• Respectful or Admiring Reference

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - forundre sig, undres, forbavses
v. tr. - føle forundring, forbavselse
n. - vidunder, under, underværk

idioms:

• do marvels    være god til, udføre under
• work marvels    gøre underværker

Nederlands (Dutch)
wonder, verbazing, iets verbazingwekkends, prachtig iets/voorbeeld, zich verbazen, zich afvragen

Français (French)
v. intr. - s'étonner (de), être émerveillé (par)
v. tr. - s'étonner de ce que
n. - merveille

idioms:

• do marvels    faire des merveilles
• work marvels    faire des merveilles

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wunder, Wunderwerk
v. - sich wundern, etw. bestaunen, sich fragen

idioms:

• do marvels    Wunder tun
• work marvels    etwas wahre Wunder wirken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θαύμα, φαινόμενο, το άξιο απορίας ή θαυμασμού

idioms:

• do marvels    κάνω θαύματα
• work marvels    κάνω θαύματα

Italiano (Italian)
meraviglia

idioms:

• do marvels    fare meraviglie
• work marvels    particolarmente efficace

Português (Portuguese)
n. - maravilha (f), prodígio (m), admiração (f)

idioms:

• do marvels    fazer milagres
• work marvels    fazer milagres

Русский (Russian)
чудо, изумляться

idioms:

• do marvels    делать чудеса
• work marvels    творить чудеса

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - maravillarse, asombrarse
v. tr. - maravillar
n. - maravilla, prodigio

idioms:

• do marvels    hacer maravillas
• work marvels    hace maravillas, logra resultados maravillosos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - underverk, undran

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
感到惊讶, 感到好奇, 惊异于, 奇异的事物, 罕见的例子

idioms:

• do marvels    创造奇迹
• work marvels    创造奇迹, 工作奇迹

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 感到驚訝, 感到好奇
v. tr. - 驚異於
n. - 奇異的事物, 罕見的例子

idioms:

• do marvels    創造奇蹟
• work marvels    創造奇蹟, 工作奇蹟

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 깜짝 놀라다
v. tr. - 주의를 기울이다
n. - 이상한 일[사람], 특별한 일[사람]

idioms:

• do marvels    놀라운 일을 하다
• work marvels    기대하지 않은 일을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 驚異, 不思議
v. - 驚嘆する, 驚く, 不思議に思う

idioms:

• do marvels    驚くべき事をやってのける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معجزة, أعجوبه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נדהם, השתומם‬
v. tr. - ‮התפלא‬
n. - ‮דבר נפלא, פלא, מופת‬

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