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View synonyms for wonderment

wonderment

[ wuhn-der-muhnt ]

noun

  1. a cause or occasion of wonder.


wonderment

/ ˈwʌndəmənt /

noun

  1. rapt surprise; awe
  2. puzzled interest
  3. something that excites wonder


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wonderment1

First recorded in 1525–35; wonder + -ment

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Example Sentences

His co-captain, Derrik Rose, once detailed, in wide-eyed wonderment, a single meal Joa put away.

At times he just expressed the wonderment and sense of discovery that we associate with the very young.

It was always a complete surprise and I was in a state of wonderment over these creatures.

My piece of technological wonderment is small and black and helps tell time like a watch.

There needs to be wonderment—it can even approach something like fear.

He gazed at us all in wonderment, and, overcome by mingled shame and exhaustion, I sank into a chair and popped no more.

Only an instant of blurred wonderment at her presence up there—then a frenzy possessed him.

I reined up my horse in wonderment and stared at him, and he came close to my side, so that I could see him plainly.

In truth, it was always a matter of wonderment to the boys that their veteran guide adopted the course he followed that night.

Jerome gazed at them each in turn, his show of wonderment increasing.

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