 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wonder
noun
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}]
verb
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wonder \Won"der\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Wondered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wondering}.] [AS. wundrian.]
1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck
with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel.
I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity
of these diminutive mortals. --Swift.
We cease to wonder at what we understand. --Johnson.
2. To feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain
expectation; to query in the mind; as, he wondered why
they came.
I wonder, in my soul,
What you would ask me, that I should deny. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wonder \Won"der\, noun [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.]
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.
They were filled with wonder and amazement at that
which had happened unto him. --Acts iii.
10.
Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
--Johnson.
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.
2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange
thing; a prodigy; a miracle. '' Babylon, the wonder of all
tongues.'' --Milton.
To try things oft, and never to give over, doth
wonders. --Bacon.
I am as a wonder unto many. --Ps. lxxi. 7.
{Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wonder \Won"der\, adjective
Wonderful. [Obs.] --Gower.
After that he said a wonder thing. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wonder \Won"der\, adverb
Wonderfully. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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
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