wonderful
/ˈwʌndɚfl̩/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Surprisingly excellent; very good or admirable, extremely impressive.
adv
Example Sentences
- "His delusion was not wonderful, but most natural."
- "It is not wonderful that Mrs Smith declined to visit the beer garden, in view of her militant temperance. [=It is no wonder that she declined.]"
- "'Ha!' cried Dangerfield, with a sort of gasp, and a violent smirk, the joyousness of which was, however, counteracted by a lurid scowl and a wonderful livid glare in his wild eyes; […]"
- "The difference in the circumstances of the kingdom at the two dates might fairly account for the change of policy in regard to the Solway. In 1563 the two countries were held by distinct and hostile governments, and it was not wonderful that the debateable ground of the Solway should be exempted from restrictions which could not be enforced over its whole surface, and which, if enforced on the Scotch side only, would be certainly broken through by the English marauders. In 1685, however, both kingdoms were ruled over by one sovereign; a more amicable policy had, since the accession of James I., been adopted in legislation; and it might therefore be supposed that the exception in favour of the Solway had lapsed by implication, and that the fisheries of all parts of the kingdom were thenceforward to be governed by uniform statutory regulations."
- "He is massively corrupt. It is wonderful how the man's popularity survives."
- "They served a wonderful six-course meal."
Etymology
From Middle English wonderful, wondirful, from Old English wundorful (“wonderful”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundrafull, equivalent to wonder + -ful. Cognate Dutch wondervol (“wonderful”), German wundervoll (“wonderful”). Compare Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: wonderful, wundorful, *wundrafull
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwʌndɚfl̩/
- British English: /ˈwʌndəfl̩/
Inflected Forms
wonderfuller (comparative)
wonderfuler (comparative)
more wonderful (comparative)
wonderfullest (superlative)
wonderfulest (superlative)
most wonderful (superlative)
wonderfool (alternative)
woonderful (alternative)
wonderfull (alternative)
wondreful (alternative)
wondrefull (alternative)
1drfl (alternative)