nine days' wonder
noun
: something or someone that creates a short-lived sensation
called also nine day wonder
Example Sentences
She left her husband and ran away with a younger man. It was a nine days' wonder.
Word History
First Known Use
1592, in the meaning defined above
nine days' wonders
noun
variants also nine day wonders
as in last words
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- last words
- tons
- furors
- hot tickets
- dernier cris
- trends
- fads
- modes
- enthusiasms
- styles
- sensations
- movements
- rages
- crazes
- vogues
- hullabaloos
- cults
- chics
- flavors
- crusades
- fervors
- whims
- new waves
- fashions
- buzzes
- caprices
- bandwagons
- passions
- fancies
- to-dos
- infatuations
- uproars
- novelties
- fusses
- crushes
- wrinkles
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- standards
- classics
- island
- island arc
- Island Carib
- island chain
- island continent
- island of resistance
- island scrub jay
- island universe
- island-hop
- island-hopped
- island-hopping
- island-hops
- islanded
- islander
- islanders
- islanding
- islandish
- islandless
- islandman
- islandmen
- islandology
- islands
- islas del maiz
- islas malvinas
- Islay