marvelverb [ I ]
uk/ˈmɑː.vəl/us/ˈmɑːr.vəl/-ll- or US usually -l-to show or experience great surprise or admiration:
We paused to marvel at the view.
[ + that ] I often marvel that humans can treat each other so badly.
[ + speech ] "Just look at that waterfall! Isn't it amazing?" she marvelled.
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Expressing and showing feelings
- abandon
- affective
- be in/get into a state idiom
- beat your breast/chest idiom
- beetroot
- bubble
- expression
- flame
- hot and heavy idiom
- impassioned
- lose it idiom
- moved
- overflow
- pine
- throw
- vocalize
- wear your heart on your sleeve idiom
- whimper
- wring
- wring your hands idiom
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marvelnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɑː.vəl/us/ˈmɑːr.vəl/a thing or person that is very surprising or causes a lot of admiration:
This miniature phone is the latest technological marvel from Japan.
It's a marvel (to me) how they've managed to build the tunnel so quickly.
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Good and excellent things
- badass
- be the best thing since sliced bread idiom
- beaut
- beauty
- belter
- bunch
- flagship
- gem
- jewel
- jim-dandy
- king
- lulu
- paragon
- peach
- phenomenon
- the flower of sth idiom
- the jewel in the crown idiom
- the pick of sth idiom
- the real deal
- the Rolls-Royce of sth idiom
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